10/15/2020 6:01 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 10/15/2020 6:01 AM
After a busy month in Spain, in which he tried to force his exit from Barcelona, Lionel Messi smiled again.
First, at the start of the League for his team, he converted from a penalty in 4-0 over
Villarreal
on September 27.
And this week, he returned to the National Team and was a key player in the triumphs against Ecuador and Bolivia.
Now, what is coming to the Argentine is a
marathon of matches
in which he will play again for the Spanish tournament and the Qualifiers and will retrace the path to the long-awaited Champions League.
In total, there will be seven games in 23 days in Europe, including the classic with Real Madrid, and a
transatlantic trip
with two other duels in five days.
There will be no rest for Leo.
The captain, who returned to Spain this Wednesday, is already preparing the match on Saturday (at 16 in Argentina) as a visitor against Getafe.
And just three days later he will make his debut in the Champions League: it will be on Tuesday (at 16) at the Camp Nou against the
Hungarian
Ferencvaros
in a duel without precedents.
Messi started in the League with a goal, against Villarreal.
Photo REUTERS / Albert Gea
Then the classic will arrive, without trips in between.
On Saturday 24 at 11 in Barcelona, Ronald Koeman's team will receive Real Madrid, who will arrive with one less day of rest for their duel on Wednesday 21 at the Santiago Bernabéu against
Shakhtar Donetsk
(Ukraine), his most comfortable rival in a difficult group B that also has Lautaro Martínez's Inter Milan and
Borussia Monchengladbach
(Germany).
With the spirits up or down depending on the result of the Spanish classic, Barcelona will immediately travel to Turin for the spicy duel for the second date of the Champions League against Juventus, on Wednesday 28 at 17:00. It is not yet known if in the Italian team Cristiano Ronaldo will play, who in the last hours tested positive for coronavirus.
The demand will not be as high in the next commitment of Koeman's men, who will visit Deportivo Alavés on Saturday 31st for the League.
November, meanwhile, will begin with the last match of the Orejona first round: against
Dinamo Kiev
at the Camp Nou on the 4th at 17 in Argentina.
Also in Catalonia it will be the last game of the League before the stop for the FIFA date, against Betis on Saturday 7 or Sunday 8.
When that match against the Andalusians ends,
Messi will once again take a plane to Buenos Aires
.
On Thursday, November 12, Argentina will host Paraguay for the third date of the South American Qualifiers, and on Tuesday, November 17, it will visit Peru with the aim of maintaining the leadership that after two dates it shares, with an ideal score, with its friend's Brazilian team Neymar.
Day by day, Messi's agenda
October
Saturday 17: Getafe-Barcelona, League of Spain.
Tuesday 20: Barcelona-Ferencvaros, Champions League.
Saturday 24: Barcelona-Real Madrid, League of Spain.
Wednesday 28: Juventus-Barcelona, Champions League.
Saturday 31: Alavés-Barcelona, League of Spain.
November
Wednesday 4: Barcelona-Dinamo Kiev, Champions League.
Saturday 7 or Sunday 8: Barcelona-Betis, League of Spain.
Thursday 12: Argentina-Paraguay, Qualifiers.
Tuesday 17: Peru-Argentina, Qualifiers.
FK
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