Barcelona coach, Kiki Citin, confirmed on Friday that his
Argentine star Lionel Messi is “in excellent condition”, and
a muscle injury he suffered last week will not prevent him from
playing a game, Saturday, against Mallorca in the Spanish
Football League, returning after stopping about 3 months
due to an outbreak novel coronavirus.
“Messi has been fully trained with his colleagues and feels very
good, I see no problem,” says Citin in a virtual video
conference, a day after the league matches in Seville’s derby
were resumed.
He was the best player in the world 6 times who suffered
a “slight muscle contraction” in the right thigh, as his club
announced.
About the Barcelona captain running for the rest of his team’s
games, his coach indicated, “We’ll see how it goes. Messi,
like many players, knows how to balance his efforts for several
years. I am sure that if he realizes any danger he will say he
needs to rest.”
Messi scored this season 24 goals in 31 games he played in all
competitions, contributing to his team’s lead in the league
standings, two points behind his historical rivals Real Madrid,
and reaching the final price of the Champions League, where
the Catalan club tied with Napoli, Italy, 1-1 away from home,
before The contest be suspended due to “Covid-19”.
On the other Uruguayan striker, Luis Suarez, who recovered
from surgery in January in the cartilage of his right knee, Cittin
said: “If he is essential, he will not play the whole game.
We will never risk, after 5 months of not playing. He will need
a little time.” .
There are 11 stages remaining at the end of the season,
and matches are expected to be played every day from the date
of return until the end of the week of 18-19 July.
Granada slapped the hopes of its aspiring guest Getafe to qualify
for the Champions League and dropped it 2-1 in the last quarter
of an hour.
Valencia also tied 1-1 at home with 10 Levante players after
the guests equalized in the eighth minute of stoppage time with
a penalty kick.
And it became the second League in the five major tournaments
after Germany, its wheel is back in circulation after the forced
leave of the new virus Corona.
