Messi mistakes fellow Argentine footballer... for a fan!

Driussi took advantage of the Albicelestes' trip to Russia to greet some of the players at their hotel and take some quick snaps. However, it seems Messi was not aware at the time that Driussi was a fellow player, and only realised his mistake once a photo of the pair was uploaded to Instagram.

The Barcelona superstar contacted Driussi to apologise and later admitted to 'Fox Sports Argentina' that he does know the Zenit St Petersburg player: "I felt bad for not having recognised him at the time because I do know him. I know who he is. When he asked me for the photograph I thought he was one of the guys that are always waiting for a photograph," Messi said.

"When I saw the photograph on Instagram I apologised to him. We had exchanged messages in the past via someone else and we share the same tattoo artist," he added.

Messi no reconoció a Sebastián Driussi, quien le pidió una foto juntos. Poco después de que Leo se diera cuenta que era él, le envió un mensaje de disculpa. pic.twitter.com/Q0f3oHAGSB

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