Barcelona’s Argentine star
Lionel Messi will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks due to a muscle tear in his left
hamstring muscle, the Spanish giants said Monday.
The four-time World Player of
the Year limped off after just 20 minutes of Barcelona’s 4-1 win over Real
Betis on Sunday, the third time this season that he has been forced off with a
muscular problem.
“The club’s medical services
confirmed after tests this Monday morning that Leo Messi has a torn hamstring
muscle in his left thigh and is expected to miss the next 6 to 8 weeks,”
Barcelona said in a statement.
“The first phase of Messi’s
recovery will be covered in Barcelona and he will then travel to Buenos Aires,”
it added.
After Sunday’s match Barcelona
boss Gerardo Martino said Messi’s injury troubles were not related and the
absence of the four-time World Player of the Year could never be used as en
excuse for the team to not perform.
“We have the best player in the
world, but we also have four or five of the next six or seven best players in
the world. Therefore, as a coach, the absence of Messi should never be used as
an excuse for not winning.
“The injury to Messi doesn’t
have anything to do with the previous ones because it is in the other leg,” he
added.
Despite losing Messi with the
score still at 0-0, Barca cruised to victory as two goals in two minutes from
Neymar and Pedro Rodriguez put them 2-0 up at the break.
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