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Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (L) and Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R) leave the pitch after both made it a hat-trick during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) football match FC Barcelona vs Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadi
Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (L) and Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R) leave the pitch after both made it a hat-trick during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) football match FC Barcelona vs Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadiLLUIS GENE/Getty Images

Barcelona's Lionel Messi Was Offered Valencia Match Ball, Gave It to Luis Suarez

Joe Gallagher
Feb 3, 2016

Barcelona ran rampant on Wednesday night as they beat Valencia 7-0 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at the Camp Nou, all but booking their spot in the showpiece.

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were (once again) at the heart of the carnage; the Argentinian scored three and the Uruguayan hit four, leaving the club with a familiar and not unwelcome decision to make: Who takes home the match ball?

Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo (via 101 Great Goals) revealed that Barcelona delegate Carles Naval approached the Ballon d'Or winner after the full-time whistle to offer him the official match ball, but Messi declined, opting instead to give the souvenir to Suarez.

A classy move from Messi, who took home a replica of his own.

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