Spanish media revealed that the Argentine international
and Barcelona’s captain, Lionel Messi, suffered an injury
that might keep him away from the team’s first game
after the decision to resume the first-class football
championship in Spain.
And the Spanish “TV 3” channel revealed that the
Barcelona star suffered from severe pain in the right leg
at the end of the training session on Tuesday, noting that
he was then subjected to an MRI examination to find out
the cause of the pain.
The injury to Lionel Messi comes just 10 days before
Barcelona resumed their League matches, according
to the Spanish newspaper “AS”.
According to the “TV 3” report, Messi has suffered
a slight tear, which means that he may not be able
to participate in the team’s match against Real Mallorca
at the latter’s stadium, since the recovery period from
such an injury is usually up to 10 days.
It is clear that Messi’s absence from the training session
yesterday, Wednesday, was not a preventive measure
to prevent him from straining the calf muscles,
according to a statement issued by the club, but because
of a more serious injury they were trying to reduce,
according to “AS”.
And the medical team in Barcelona will have to make
a great effort to ensure Messi will participate in the
matches starting from June 13, where Barcelona will
start a series of consecutive matches, where he will play
11 consecutive games within approximately 5 weeks,
which requires exceptional efforts that exceed the
capabilities of most Barcelona players.
It is noteworthy that Messi suffered injuries during the
current season, which stopped more than two months
ago, as he had to go out at the beginning of the season
with the first training session after suffering an injury
that forced him to not play the opening match of the team
and missed the matches for nearly two months.
