07/10/2020 - 15:00
- Clarín.com
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Lionel Messi is an essential player for any team, even in one full of stars like Barcelona. So much so that the culé captain played every game in the terrible streak that the Catalan club had since the resumption of La Liga: Leo said he was present eight times in just 25 days.
The data takes on greater value considering that, at the age of 33, Messi not only has perfect attendance, but he played absolutely every minute in those eight games . The only one that equals it in the field, logically, is the goalkeeper Ter Stegen, whose bustle is absolutely different. Piqué is the other who never missed, but twice he was replaced.
Barcelona returned to action on June 13 against Mallorca and, always with Messi on the field, then faced Leganés, Sevilla, Athletic de Bilbao, Celta de Vigo, Atlético de Madrid, Villarreal and the classic against Espanyol, which he sentenced to descent.
In this series, Leo was essential for Barsa: he scored three goals, including 700 for his career, and gave eight assists. Everything indicates that, faced with the need to win all you have left to try to fight him La Liga's Real Madrid , Messi will repeat in the three presentations that are his team.
What remains for Barcelona? This Saturday, from 2.30 pm, he will receive Valladolid and, while waiting for a stumble from Real Madrid, he will close the championship against Osasuna and Alavés. The only chance that Messi does not continue as before, it seems, would be for Merengue to secure the title before the end.
After La Liga ends, Messi will be able to take a break, as Barcelona has a two-week window before returning to action in the Champions League . He owes the second leg against Napoli, on August 8 at the Camp Nou, after the 1-1 draw in Italy. And you already know, in addition, how your eventual path to the final of the Orejona would be, since this Friday the draw was held for the painting in Switzerland.