LONDON – Which is worse — being sworn at or being hit?
Being called an obscenity or off work for a few weeks as a result of an injury sustained?
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Argentina's Lionel Messi received a four-game ban for verbally abusing assistant referee Emerson Augusto de Carvalho during a World Cup qualifying match against Chile last week in Buenos Aires. | AP
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