The Argentinean star picked up an injury during the game against Benfica over the midweek, but reports suggest that he is already back in training for La Blaugrana.
Barcelona faced Benfica during the midweek and since they already topped their group before the last game of the group stages, Tito Vilanova decided to field a second string team.
The reason to field a younger team was not only to rest his main players, but also to give experience to the players who rarely take part in the prestigious European competition.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 had nothing to lose, Benfica came out with all guns blazing because they had everything at steak at the Nou Camp.
The Portuguese giants had to win the match in order to qualify for the next round of the European tournament, but all they could get was a draw and with Celtic winning their respective game against Spartak Moscow, Benfica had no chances of qualifying into
the next round.
During the match against the Portuguese giants, Vilanova decided to bring on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in the second half.
Many thought that Messi was chosen to come on during the second half in order to equalize Gerd Muller’s 85-goal record of a single calendar year. However, Vilanova stated that the only reason why he fielded Messi was because he likes to play every game.
The Argentinean skipper was close to taking his tally to 85 goals, but a knock on his left knee left him screaming on the ground, and he was seen get stretchered off the pitch.
While many thought that this might be Messi’s last game before the year 2013, the club doctors gave the fans a good news as they stated that the Argentinean star will soon be fit to play in the first-team.
Recent reports suggest that the South http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 star is back in training with La Blaugrana. During his first two days, he only went to the gym and did not train with the rest of the team. However, now the Argentinean star is back to train with the first-team
and Tito Vilanova might field him against Betis as Messi is quite close to breaking the German legend’s record.
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