Lionel Messi has trained with Barcelona’s B team in the hope of being ready for this weekend’s “El Clasico” at the Bernabeu.
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“Leo completed training”, coach Gerard Lopez told Sport. If Valencia really is, Chelsea will jump at it. We’ll see if the Spaniards really are going to do it.
The report adds good news for Madrid, however, as Sergio Ramos looks set to play without the need for a pain-killing injection to mask his shoulder pain.
“Messi adapted to our training and even helped with tactical aspects to prepare the team”, he said. He won the best for him, I won the best for me. “I’m 12 games into a four-year contract, but I’m not one who likes to sit and watch”.
“But Neymar has taken a step forward and Luis Suarez is…”
Despite dealing with the situation well, manager Luis Enrique will be determined to have the Argentinean available for Saturday’s showdown.
With goals in both legs of the quarter-final and semi-final before a decisive late third in the final against Juventus, Neymar’s fine form certainly stretches beyond this season alone.
The Barca No. 11’s second goal in the 3-0 La Liga win over Villarreal before the global break, when he flipped the ball over his marker before volleying into the net, has reminded a few observers of Brazil legend Pele’s famous strike against Sweden at the 1958 World Cup. Messi’s lawyers argued the player had no knowledge of his father’s actions, but the judge decided: “There are rational signs that the criminality was committed by both accused parties”.
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Real Madrid are being linked with a transfer bid for Liverpool and Arsenal transfer target Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich. Barcelona now lead the way but go into the game knowing that a defeat would see them overtaken by Madrid.
