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  argentina felt the loss of the suspended lionel messi as they were beaten 2-0 by bolivia in la paz in a key world cup qualifying game. barcelona star messi was hit with a four-game ban by football's governing body fifa and fined $10 000 just hours before the game after verbally abusing a match official in a win over chile on march 24. he will also miss upcoming games against uruguay  paraguay and venezuela. barcelona released a statement wednesday expressing its "surprise and indignation" at the fifa disciplinary committee's decision  branding the length of the ban "unfair and totally disproportionate."
article_headline: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/28/football/football-messi-argentina-ban/index.html