Closed doors no obstacle for Messi fan

No spectators are allowed at La Liga games to curb the spread of coronavirus but the restrictions could not dissuade one Lionel Messi fan from sneaking into Barcelona's match away to Real Mallorca on Saturday. The fan calmly walked onto the pitch in the 52nd minute and approached Barca defender Jordi Alba before heading towards Messi. The intruder was tackled by security guards before he could make contact with Messi, while two police officers helped remove him from the pitch. The fan later told Spanish radio station Cadena Cope he was a French national living in Mallorca and that he had scaled a two-metre fence to enter the stadium shortly before halftime.