Did you miss soccer? There are reasons to be happy: Lionel Messi returns to the field. After 98 days of his last game before stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic, Barcelona visits Mallorca this Saturday from 5:00 p.m. resuming his fight for the title in the Spanish League, which has Barsa as the leader and Real Madrid as an escort. Televisa ESPN, and you will also be able to follow it live on Olé.
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In times when Spanish football should already have a champion and Messi would have to be fully involved with the National Team (this Friday the Copa América began), no one would have thought that a single more date in the Spanish League was a complete event. But it is like this. With Argentine football stopped and an uncertain future, Leo’s return will be the most important footballing event for our country since the start of the pandemic. The meeting will be without an audience.
Barcelona, meanwhile, palpitated the return with this emotional video:
How is the Spanish League?
In the absence of 11 end dates, Barcelona is the leader with 58 points, closely followed by Real Madrid (56 units), which this Sunday from 14:30 receives Eibar. Atlético Madrid del Cholo Simeone, meanwhile, is 6th (45 points), currently out of the Champions League area.I don’t know
Mallorca, meanwhile, lives a very different present: with fewer points than games played (25 units after 27 dates), it is 18th, in the relegation zone.I don’t know
How is Messi?
Physically well, and it’s great news. In recent days, the presence since Lionel’s start this Saturday was questioned, as a result of a small contracture in the quadriceps of his right leg that forced him to train differently last week.
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“We had no doubt about his stay in Mallorca. There have also been others with problems. He stopped as a precaution,” said Quique Setien, coach of Barcelona.
Messi returned to training normally this week and will start.
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With 19 goals, Messi is currently the top scorer in the League and is a serious candidate to keep that award this season, because he gets five shouts of difference to Benzema, his closest pursuer. And in the last practices Leo showed that he continues to have a sharp aim … Look at this great goal:
Probable formations:
Mallorca: Reina; Well, Valjent, Raíllo, Gámez; Dani Rodríguez, Baba, Salva Sevilla, Kubo; Budimir, Cucho.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Umtiti, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Luis Suárez and Griezmann.
