Barcelona announced on Sunday that the Argentine international
and Spanish captain Lionel Messi will be ready to play the
team’s first games after the resumption of the Spanish League,
which is resuming its activity Thursday behind closed doors.
According to Barcelona coach Kiki Citin, Lionel Messi will play
the team’s first match against Real Mallorca in the 28th stage of
the La Liga championship, which had been stopped due to the
outbreak of the new Corona virus in Spain.
Messi had trained alone on Saturday at the “Camp Nou” stadium
after missing two consecutive classes because of “slight muscle
contraction” in the right thigh, as his club announced Friday.
“Messi is not the only one who did not exercise and he is not
the only one who felt annoyed. This happened with everyone,
or specifically with everyone, since returning (to the
exercises),” Citin said in a statement to
the Movistar television channel.
Barcelona coach revealed that Messi suffered a “slight
contraction”, indicating that the injury was controlled,
and that Messi “is in a very good position and will not face
any problem.”
Citin also assured Barcelona fans of the condition of Luis
Suarez, who granted approval to return to exercises after
recovering from a surgery he underwent in January in the outer
cartilage of his right knee, indicating that the Uruguayan striker
“is better than we expected. But the question that arises is to
How far has he been ready after a long hiatus, and if he’s ready
to participate from the start? ”
It is noteworthy that there are 11 rounds remaining at the end
of the current season, and it is expected that the matches
will be played every day until the last match on July 19.
