David Ospina 'Breaks Lionel Messi's Ankles' - Napoli Score Moments Later

Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina managed to send Lionel Messi tumbling to the ground with a body feint - before Dries Mertens put the Italians ahead moments later.

The Italian side are hosting Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie and took a shock lead in the first half.

But just before they took the lead, Ospina received the ball in his own box and managed to evade a pressing Messi who slid to the turf in the San Paulo Stadium.

Check out the clip below.

Twitter reacted to the former Arsenal keeper managing to give the 32-year-old a taste of his own medicine.

Gennaro Gattuso's side were big underdogs heading into the game and are missing key players such as Kalidou Koulibaly.

But the Serie A side took the lead through Mertens' beautiful curling effort which took him level with Marek Hamsik as 'Gli Azzurri's' all-time top goalscorer.

Barcelona looked toothless going forward and failed to register a shot on target.

However, Antoine Griezmann managed to level for Quique Setien's side just before the hour mark.

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Topics: Football, Barcelona, Lionel Messi, Napoli, Champions League

Daniel Marland

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