The Spaniard has voiced that his side’s recent European fixture was a trying affair for the Catalan giants as they failed to secure a victory, maintaining that the main problem is the injury suffered by their Argentine wizard.
Barcelona captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 is the worst thing that could have happened during their match in midweek. He added that the attacker’s injury caused a scare at the Catalan capital as everyone had their
eyes on the footballer.
Messi suffered a injury on his knee during Barca’s UEFA Champions League encounter against Benfica. The fixture was the last match of the group stages for La Blaugrana. La Pulga endured the knock after coming off the bench in the second half.
Benfica visited the Catalan capital on Thursday in order to lock horns with La Azulgrana. The match that took place at the Nou Camp saw both sides earn one point apiece as the contest ended with a final score of 0-0.
It was hardly the best performance by Tito Vilanova’s men as they could only secure a stalemate. Although, considering the fact that they have already qualified for the knock-out stages of the prestigious tournament, even a draw will do.
Vilanova decided to field a squad comprising mostly of youngsters. However, he did make the call of bringing Messi on in the second half.
Puyol has stressed it was an unsatisfactory result, voicing special remorse at the injury suffered by the Barca number 10.
"Lionel Messi is undergoing some tests, but hopefully it is not anything [serious]," he told reporters after the match.
"Clearly this is the worst news of the night and hopefully he will be back with us at 100 per cent. We tried to play as we can, we tried, we made chances and it was an open game. It was a game in which it was clear that we wanted to win even though we went
with young players. The bad news is Leo's injury. I hope it's nothing. We are concerned, which is normal considering the state in he was in."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 topped their group once again this term with Celtic being the other team that will join them in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
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