The Catalans are facing a scare as the little Argentine picked up an injury against Benfica and was forced to leave the pitch on a stretcher.
Barcelona hosted Portuguese side, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542, in their last match of the UEFA Champions League group stages last night.
The Catalans had already written down their progression to the last 16 of the competition as group toppers while the Portuguese side had to do some work of their own and wished the other result between Celtic and Spartak went their way as well.
The Camp Nou faithful had turned up in great numbers to witness their living legend http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in action, but manager Tito Vilanova had other ideas on his mind.
The Argentine however could only make the bench, but throughout the game, there was an air of excitement in the crowd as Messi chased the record of Bayern Munich legend Gerd Muller.
Muller narrowly held the record of being the top goal scorer in a single calendar year throughout the history books, as he netted a sensational 85 goals in a year for both, club and country, with the Bavarian giants and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 respectively.
Messi just trailed Muller by a single goal, with 84 goals already to his name in this calendar year.
The Catalan fan support wanted to see their little genius burst to the field and take on the task of breaking one of the greatest records in the history books, which now only hangs through feeble threads.
The crowd’s wish was granted and they breathed a sigh of relief, when Tito Vilanova asked the 3 time Ballon d’Or winner to warm up.
However the diminutive forward failed to pick where he had left it from and the night was surely not going to be his.
Trailing the great Gerd Muller’s record by only a single goal, Messi took to the field but instead of scoring became a headache for all the people associated with him and Barcelona, as he picked up a bad looking injury.
The talented forward was forced off the pitch via a stretcher and concerns mounted as people wanted to know about the extent of the damage.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 are yet to reveal information on the matter as they have still not indicated anything about the extent of the injury suffered by the forward.
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