The Argentine soccer star lifted his Barcelona shirt after scoring a penalty in Barca’s 3-0 home win over Racing Santander on Saturday, to show a birthday message written to his mother in a red under-shirt.
“Happy Birthday Mommy” was written with a black marker on Leo Messi’s under-under shirt.
The problem is that under article 91.1 of the RFEF (Spain’s Soccer Federation) “Any soccer player who, celebrating a goal, or by another cause related to the match lifts his shirt to display any publicity, quote, legend, acronym, drawing or art, whichever its meaning, or objective, will be sanctioned, and fined with a sum between 2.000 and 3.000 Euros (between $2,500 and $4,000).”
