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[caption id="attachment_40468" align="aligncenter" width="580"] FIFA banned Lionel Messi for four matches. Image Source: twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: Argentina's finest footballer ever Diego Maradona has called his native superstar Lionel Messi a 'teddy bear' and has vowed to confront The FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Messi's four-match international ban for abusing an assistant referee.. Argentina's hopes of qualifying for next summer's World Cup in Russia were dealt a body blow when world football's governing body handed the Barcelona star the hefty punishment for his outburst during their 1-0 win over Chile last Thursday. With Messi set to miss all but one of Argentina's remaining qualifiers, it doesn't bode well that they lost 2-0 in Bolivia without their talisman earlier this week. Although the Argentine Football Association plan to appeal to FIFA over the ban, Maradona is taking his protestations straight to the top. He told radio show La Oral Deportivo: 'I am going to speak with Infantino, I think it's terrible. 'Four games is a lot. The seriousness of Messi's words are also very strong, but I think it [the suspension] can be changed. 'He is a sensational person and doesn't do anything except train. He is a teddy bear with his team-mates, with everyone.' The Argentine FA insist that Messi's outburst was made 'to the air' and not directly to the official, but it remains to be seen whether the ban will be reduced.