He says he has not seen the action that earned him the punishment of the Portuguese · claims he does not like it, "Messi will be involved in this issue"
Joan Laporta spoke of the penalty to Cristiano Ronaldo for his action on Mtiliga and noted that, although he has not seen the play, "should be a little more sympathetic to the strikers."

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Barca penalty Aviles, Laporta asked for "respect" the decisions of sports bodies, but said he understood that "a club to defend its interests with the corresponding legal arguments to try to reduce a penalty for a player his."
Without going to appreciate "the incident", claimed he did not like "was that Lionel Messi will be involved in this issue that has nothing to do, because it is a player great, clean, loves football and baseball, and he gives everything. "
Praise for To Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano also had words of praise, and said "is a great professional, the best players in the world.
"The reference I have of Cristiano Ronaldo is his representative who is a good guy, who play nice and do not think he did intentionally, are sets of the game that sometimes occur," he added.