Lionel Messi is refusing to reveal what he said to Robert Lewandowski during his awkward altercation with the Polish striker.
Lewandowski tried to offer a handshake and apology to Messi after fouling the Argentina captain with his team hanging on grimly to a place in the last 16 of the World Cup. Messi spurned his offer - and then gave the Barcelona forward a few choice words in return.
They later shook hands at the final whistle after both teams had confirmed their qualification for the knock-out stages. Messi said: “Nothing happened. I have been taught that everything that happens on the pitch remains on the pitch, like in the dressing room. The things that we say to each other in private will never come out of me.”
