Messi debuted for the Argentinian national team on August 2005 against Hungary when he was just 18 years old. He came to the ground as a substitute for Lisandro Lopez in the 65th minute of the match. He was sent off just 44 second later by a red card from referee Markus Merk for elbowing Hungarian defender VilmosVanczak. Vilmos also got a yellow card for pulling Messi’s jersey on that same occasion. After Argentina won the match with 2-1, Messi stated “It wasn’t the way I dreamed it would be.” Remembering this match, Nicky Salapu said “Lionel Messi is sitting in the corner of the Argentina dressing room in the FerencPuskas Stadium. His head is in his hands, tears are in his eyes. It is not supposed to end like this.”