Messi took medicine during the match against Olympiakos

Barca's number one star took a pill in his shin-tock and swallowed it directly on the field.

In the 10th minute of the match between Barca and Olympiakos, Lionel Messi bent down to take a pill from his sock and put it to his mouth. At that time, the Nou Camp home team was pressing the field, but had not yet scored an opening goal.

According to journalist Ricard Torquemada of Catalonia radio, what Messi drank was a glucose tablet, to replenish water, sugar and other electrolytes for the body.

Messi took out a pill hidden in his sock to take during the match.

"15 minutes after entering a high intensity exercise, athletes should supplement with glucose tablets to achieve the best results," journalist Torquemada explained. "The muscles will have enough energy for the entire match."

However, Madrid-based newspaper Marca believes that the pill the five-time Ballon d'Or winner put in his mouth was a medicine to help him fight against nausea - a symptom he first started experiencing in 2009, when Argentina played at La Paz Stadium, at an altitude of more than 3,640 meters in Bolivia.

The Argentine superstar has not yet commented on the drug he used. It is known that Messi continued to shine against the Greek representative when he kicked a beautiful free kick, increasing the score to 2-0 in the 61st minute.

According to VNE