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Lionel Messi threw an aggressive headbutt at Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa when the pair squared up after an altercation A melee then ensued as the Argentine grabbed the French defender by the neck and pushed him away They were both separated by Roma's Leandro Castan and referee Javier Estrada Fernandez before being booked Messi then scored seven minutes later in the 41st minute after Neymar had opened the scoring in the 27th Champions League final goalscorer Ivan Rakitic then netted the final goal at the Nou Camp in the 66th minute Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi (right) launched an astonishing headbutt at Roma defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa The 28-year-old then grabbed the towering 26-year-old France international by the neck with his left hand and pushed him Alessandro Florenzi was then booked for going cynically through the back of Neymar and Radja Nainggolan made it a hat-trick of cautions for the visitors in the first half when he went into the book for compla...

The Amaju Pinnick led Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation will record another first on Monday, August 17, when Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, will perform the significant ringing of the bell at the closing of business at the Nigeria Stock Exchange. Thenff.com can report that Oliseh will attend the symbolic event at the Nigeria Stock Exchange house in Lagos in company with NFF president, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick and vice presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko. “The ringing of the bell at the closing of business at the Nigeria Stock Exchange floor is a very significant event. It means that Corporate Nigeria is warming up to Nigeria football as a result of extensive consultations that we have been making over the past months,” Pinnick said on Wednesday. It is the first time in history that the Nigeria Stock Exchange would offer a Nigeria football figure such a gesture, and Pinnick says it is the beginning of what would turn out to be a wonderful rel...