http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Gonzalo Higuain: a tale of contrasting treatments – La Liga News
Argentine stars, Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain, played their last match on Tuesday for their country against Colombia. However, the trip back for both players was diametrically different. The Catalan attacker took a precarious return journey, while the
white’s attacker had a comfortable trip thanks to his club.
The world player of the year changed three different aircrafts to return, spending almost 18 hours air-borne, in addition to four hours spent in waiting lounges.
Messi left Barranquilla at 15:30 for Miami on Wednesday, November 16, from where he took a new flight for Madrid. After nearly nine hours
locked on the plane, he arrived early in the morning and proceeded to take a Barajas shuttle that brought him to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 at 11 00 hours, November 17.
Compared to his national team captain, Higuain’s travels were almost luxurious. Real Madrid put their player on a private jet from Barranquilla to Bogota that allowed him to get on the scheduled flight time from Madrid to Bogota.
As a result, El Pipita was back in training yesterday in Valdebebas. His journey was completed in record time, with just 15 hours including the waiting time.
Since his arrival at Santiago Bernabéu, Jose Mourinho has made sure that his players return from international duty at the earliest.
The contrasting situation Real and Barcelona find themselves in should be taken into account. The Catalan club are worried about the physical state in which http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leo-c22011 Messi returned.
Guardiola is not satisfied with Messi's condition following the tumultuous journey back, and might rest the attacker against Real Zaragoza on Saturday.
The pint-sized attacker was exhausted after the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Colombia-c2873 and said: "We ended up all dead."
The physicality of their opponents, in addition to the travelling woes, clearly took its toll on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 captain. Messi also had to contend with a poor pitch, high temperatures and high humidity in the tough 2014 World Cup qualifying fixture.
Messi might want to play against Real Zaragoza but Guardiola will have to rest him before the important mid-week UEFA Champions League fixture against AC Milan. A physically fit and mentally refreshed Messi will be instrumental against the Italian champions.
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