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Tite Reveals Details of Lionel Messi Exchange in Argentina vs. Brazil Friendly

Brazil manager Tite has revealed he and Argentina forward Lionel Messi told each other to shut their mouth during Friday's friendly between the South American giants.

Messi scored the only goal in Argentina's 1-0 win, and cameras caught him jawing with Tite during the first half.

Per Reuters (for ESPN FC), the tactician later revealed what was said: "I complained because he [Messi] should have been shown a yellow card, and he told me to shut my mouth and I told him to shut his mouth. And that was it."

Footage showed Messi shushing Tite:

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Leo Messi wasn't impressed with something the @CBF_Futebol head coach told the referee!