We had doubts in the second half but we got back our rhythm and had enough chances to win the game.Football lost today, and we lost Messi to injury. The Barcelona star and his father, who acts as the player’s agent, appeared at a Madrid court in February to defend themselves.
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The Argentina worldwide suffered a groin injury during Barca’s 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and he is expected to be out of action for around three weeks. They posted an official statement and at the moment that is all we have to go on.
However, Madrid have been struck by a double injury blow of their own with a huge Champions League clash at Borussia Dortmund to come on Tuesday.
“Tactically, there isn’t much we could change without him”. There is an global break at the start of next month, and Messi could miss the crucial World Cup qualifiers for Argentina as well. However, Messi should be fit in time for a reunion with old boss Pep Guardiola when Manchester City visit the Camp Nou on Champions League duty on October 19.
Earlier, Real Madrid’s record-equaling 16-game La Liga win streak came to an end as Villarreal drew 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu.
This setback is expected to keep Messi out of Argentina’s upcoming South American World Cup qualifiers against both Peru and Paraguay.
Ivan Rakitic and Angel Correa were the goalscorers in the La Liga match at the Camp Nou, but it was Messi and his injury that ended up being the major talking point after the final whistle.
“Barcelona always sends us messages saying that we must take care of Messi, but they don’t take care of him very well”, Bauza told Fox Sports.
But on Wednesday, Atletico marshalled Suarez and Neymar well in Messi’s absence to hold out for a point and other teams could follow that strategy. “Luckily last season when unfortunately Leo Messi missed two-and-a-half months I believe, the team responded brilliantly”, continued Enrique, who is looking for a similar response.
“It is a hard injury that hurts and leaves you sad”, said Suarez. We’re already thinking about playing the games without him.
Lionel Messi battles with Filipe Luis at the Nou Camp in their 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid.
“This is football, it is a man’s game and what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch”, added Suarez. If you don’t push from the start they can make things hard for you and that’s what happened.
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