The Barcelona star posted the day after his side fell 3-1 to Real Madrid at home in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. 

“F*cked up day but you have to pick yourself up and carry on,” the 30-year-old wrote. “This has just started.”

A post shared by Leo Messi (@leomessi) on Aug 14, 2017 at 4:40am PDT

Perhaps the Argentine will have been boosted by the club’s announcement Monday of the signing of Paulinho from Guangzhou Evergrande. 

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Or, maybe that’s what inspired Messi’s Instagram post in the first place!