Like last week in Kiev, the flea will get another rest and will not be included in tomorrow's Champions League game • Koeman explained: "He will have no more opportunities to rest"
Leo Messi.
Time to rest
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Leo Messi gets rest again.
The undisputed star of Barcelona will not fly to Hungary with the rest of his teammates for the away game against Ferencvaros (Wednesday, 22:00), in the fifth round of the Champions League home stage, after the Catalans secured their place in the next stage last week.
Messi, who also remembered in Ukraine's 4-0 win over Dynamo Kiev last week was left out of the squad to rest, did not train this morning (Tuesday) at Camp Nou as goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen and midfielder Filipe Coutinho, who will also remain in Spain.
"There are two games in our schedule where I can give Messi some rest," coach Ronald Koeman explained today (Tuesday), "It happened last week in Kiev and will happen tomorrow as well.
Later I will no longer have a chance to give Messi another rest.
"I want to give opportunities to other players, also the game on Saturday against Cadiz is very important to us. After tomorrow - there is no more rest. The fact that we secured the ticket to the next stage, certainly helped me make that decision."
"Messi is very important for our attacking game. It's no secret," Coman explained. "Messi's delivery quality is at the highest level in the world. It's hard to score 30 league goals every season, but he always works and will work hard. Games for us. "