Messi sent off for first time in 14 years for… this?!?

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Argentina and Chile met for placement in their third-straight Copa America, but this time it was for third place and not the final. Tempestuous early and then firmly in Argentina's hands at 2-0 after less than 22 minutes, the match hit a new flashpoint as Messi and Gary Medel were both sent off the pitch by referee Mario Diaz de Vivar after a perceived head-to-head incident between the Argentine captain and Chile's hatchet man. It was Messi's first red since an Argentina friendly against Hungary on Aug. 17, 2005.

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