Argentina head coach Edgardo Bauza has accused Barcelona of not looking after Lionel Messi.
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‘Barcelona always sends us messages saying that we must take care of Messi, but they don’t take care of him very well, ‘ he told Fox Sports. “They rely on him being healthy so I’m surprised that he plays every game”.
The superstar forward was brought off during the second half of Barca’s 1-1 LaLiga draw against Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
After this incident, the 29-year-old was featured in four consecutive domestic and Champions League matches for Barcelona against Alaves, Celtic, Leganes and Atletico Madrid.
The setback has ruled the Barca star out of Argentina’s upcoming South American World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay.
“We would have loved to see you here with Barcelona at Borussia Park on Wednesday”.
‘It seems odd to us because three weeks is not enough to recover from a ruptured adductor.
‘We haven’t yet been able to speak with him, but we want to know how serious the injury is.
“I am thinking that Messi is not going to be able to play in the qualifiers”, he said. “If his national team manager calls him up and he is fit to play, he will do so as normal”. “It’s even worse when it’s the best player in the world and for any anyone who likes football”.
The Catalans announced today that there was no need for further tests on their number 10, but that he would miss three weeks of action. “We, the coaches and doctors, must assume responsibility while he’s with us and have the ability to discourage him from playing all the time, because he runs the risk of becoming injured”.
“Barcelona have made it more complicated for us”.
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“The only truth in this story, because there are a lot of different opinions floating around, is we all seek the best for Messi and all the other players in the club”, he told a news conference ahead of this weekend’s trip to face his hometown club Sporting Gijon.
