Lionel Messi has been declared match for Barcelona’s opening UEFA Champions League recreation at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, the Catalan membership have introduced.
Messi has been nursing a calf harm he picked up after the Copa America this summer time and has not featured for Barca in any of their 4 league video games thus far this season.
Messi returned to full coaching on Monday and has now been included within the squad to make the journey to Germany for the sport at Westfalenstadion.
❗ [INJURY NEWS] Leo #Messi and Neto declared match for @ChampionsLeague opener ?? pic.twitter.com/WGN7BgRQlk
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 16, 2019
The information is a lift for Barca boss Ernesto Valverde’s as his group opens their bid for Champions League glory with a difficult go to to a group at present standing second within the Bundesliga.
Messi, 32, was on the sidelines once more as Barcelona beat Valencia 5-2 on the Nou Camp on Saturday, with the objectives coming from 16-year-old sensation Ansu Fati in addition to Frenkie de Jong, Gerard Pique and the returning Luis Suarez.
Regardless of the inexperienced mild over Messi’s health, Valverde could choose to name on his star man from the bench in Germany, reasonably than threat him from the outset.
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Messi final performed for the Catalan membership of their Copa Del Rey loss to Valencia on Could 25. He went on to undergo disappointment within the Copa America with Argentina, ending third and getting despatched off for simply the second time in his profession within the playoff towards Chile.
Barcelona are in Champions League Group F alongside Dortmund, Inter Milan and Slavia Prague.
