By Max Winters For Mailonline
Published: 12:02 GMT, 30 November 2020 | Updated: 12:02 GMT, 30 November 2020
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Barcelona will have to pay a €3,000 (£2,700) fine after Lionel Messi paid tribute to Diego Maradona by celebrating in a Newell's Old Boys shirt on Sunday.
Messi celebrated his powerful strike from outside of the box against Osasuna by taking off Barcelona's blue-and-burgundy strip to reveal the red-and-black of Newell's.
Insurance Loans Mortgage Attorney Credit LawyerMaradona, who died last week at the age of 60, played for Newell's at the end of his glittering career and Messi wore the same shirt at the start of his, making it a fitting tribute.
Barcelona will have to pay a £2,700 fine after Lionel Messi paid tribute to Diego Maradona
Messi celebrated his goal against Osasuna by taking off Barcelona's blue-and-burgundy strip to reveal the red-and-black of Newell's
Maradona, who died last week at the age of 60, played for Newell's at the end of his career
Messi also blew a kiss with both hands to the sky as he looked upward.
But the touching tribute was against the rules of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, who are now poised to fine the club for Messi's celebration.
After the game, Messi posted a photo of his tribute alongside an older image of Maradona in the same shirt, adding the message "Farewell, Diego" in Spanish.
