Lionel Messi showed all his magic in the reduced football of PSG practice: does he get to the match against Brest?

08/16/2021 1:35 PM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 08/16/2021 1:35 PM

Step by step, inch by inch.

Thus, little by little, Lionel Messi adds hours of training in Paris Saint-Germain, his new place in the world that on Saturday gave him a phenomenal reception in the Parc des Princes, in the previous 4-2 over Racing Strasbourg that he followed from the boxes together with his family and several of the stars of the whole of the French capital.

After the Sunday rest, in which Messi participated in the birthday of the Spanish Ander Herrera along with many of his teammates, Mauricio Pochettino arranged for this Monday the first weekly training session with a view to the duel against Brest, there in northwestern France, for the third date of Ligue 1.

And Messi, who has been without action since the final of the Copa América when the Argentine National Team beat Brazil 1-0 and won its first title in 28 years, showed some of his magic in a soccer match in tight spaces.

This was seen in a video that PSG disseminated on its social networks, where the Flea showed all its characteristic explosion to touch, download and define almost without having a centimeter of space to move.

Will he arrive in physical condition to have a few minutes against Brest?

That will be decided by Pochettino when he gives the squad list.

For now we have to wait.

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While he was showing his skills as a footballer at Camp des Loges, the training ground of the Qatari capital club, Messi's name kept ringing in Barcelona while President Joan Laporta announced the results of a catastrophic audit that put on the table the extreme economic and financial difficulties that the culé treasury is going through.

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Laporta said he was "sad" by the departure of Messi, a "pity" necessary to alleviate the "dramatic" economic situation of the club, and added that his relationship with the Argentine continues to be of "esteem".

"I have lived it like all Barça fans. I see it there and I would have preferred to see it continue here, although we have made the right decision because I insist that the institution is above all, of any player, coach or president. We would have put the club at risk . The one of Messi is a pity but it was necessary ", commented the leader in a press conference.

Laporta assured that he has, like the Barça fans, an "eternal gratitude" to Messi. "It has been a love story between Messi and Barça that has lasted many years and has been very successful. In the end, sadly, it has deteriorated (due to the failure to achieve sporting goals). It is the law of life, we have advanced the ' post Messi 'two years, because it was what was agreed. But Messi is the best in the world and has his aspirations, and offers, as has been proven, "he acknowledged.

"Our will was for him to stay and the club did everything possible within its possibilities. I have the feeling that what was due has been done. If I think about him, I wish him well and I have also seen him happy. Contradictory, I wish him the best and I like to see him happy, he and his family deserve it. Maybe we will be rivals, and we will have to fit in. Our motivation is maximum and it has been seen in the team, which is strong and committed, "he claimed.

"The coldness of the relationship with Messi? What we had in mind did not come out and there is an understandable mutual disgust because it did not end as we wanted. I still have the same esteem for him that I had. It was a pity that it did not end as we wanted," he said. sincere.

On the other hand, he gave more details of the negotiation with LaLiga to be able to register Messi.

"If we were convinced that we could renew Messi it is because we did not know the club's numbers as we know them now. We saw options selling players and reducing salaries. LaLiga fed us expectations that it would allow us a salary margin so that Messi could fit in, but it did not tell us in exchange for what. And when we met him, we couldn't accept it, "he said in reference to the agreement with CVC that the club did not sign.

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