That's rather terrible,but it'll be blown out of proportion because it's Messi.
Well of course it's going to garner attention as he is numero uno in the playing world at present.
But the point has to be reinforced that skilful players need protection.
It has become better over recent years when you consider some of the treatment that used to be dished out to the likes of Puskas, Pele, Garrincha and Diego.
Players of the ilk of Gentile would not have careers today.
It is lucky it is not a break but accumulation of such injuries does affect players in the long term and curtail's their careers ie Kaka.
Players in the past were not so lucky.It wasn't a golden era as such. The treatment these players received medically ie regular cortisone injections has meant that many players of this era are crippled now.
As I said Ujfalusi should be punished heavily as a deterrent.
People like Goikoextea who still revels in almost ending the career of Diego Maradona should be made pariahs.
There is an art to defending ie reading and positioning oneself and cleanly executing a tackle. I could quote players like Beckenbauer, Sammer, Scirea, Baresi, Moore, Passarella who made defending something to be appreciated not players like Chopper Harris for instance.
Sadly the art of defending today seems to rely more on sheer athleticism or cynical trips, shirt pulls and hacks.