FC Bayern will fight FC Barcelona on Friday for the semi-finals in the Champions League. Before the giants duel, there is now mega-fuss about Barca superstar Lionel Messi.
- The quarter-finals of the Champions League * will take place on Friday (August 14th, 9 p.m.)
- In the giant duel, FC Bayern and FC Barcelona fight for the semi-finals in the premier class
- Before the game, there is now mega-fuss about superstar Lionel Messi
Munich - FC Barcelona has really not had an easy season so far. The dismissal of coach Ernesto Valverde at the beginning of the year, the premature exit in the cup and the lost championship after the Corona interruption * made it clear that things were not going better under his successor Quique Setien.
The only title Barca can win in this memorable season is the Champions League * . But here, too, the signs are not particularly good, as it will be against FC Bayern * on Friday , who under coach Hansi Flick * is the favorite for the title in the premier class for quite a few experts. Even the bookmakers see the German record champions clearly at an advantage against Barcelona.
FC Bayern: Before the giants duel against Barca! Mega swirl around Lionel Messi
To make matters worse, Lionel Messi injured his ankle * in Barca's second leg of the last 16 , which is why he had to be treated on the actually free Monday. The medical department of the Catalans is working under high pressure so that the superstar is fit for the giants duel on Friday.
But now another explosive story is causing a mega-stir about Messi ! In the last few weeks there have been rumors about his departure *. The Argentine was recently associated with Inter Milan . The reason: The TV broadcaster of the Chinese Inter owner Suning recently showed a virtual poster that casts Messi's shadow on the Milan Cathedral.
La copertina per il match di oggi tra #InterNapoli sul canale tematico di Suning, #PPTV: con il riflesso di #Messi sul Duomo di Milano. pic.twitter.com/F8HX0pxfHR
- Marco (@ MarcoZH10) July 28, 2020But now it has also become known that Messi has bought a penthouse in Milan! Like SportMediasatreported, this is in the Porta Nueva district, where the Nerazzurri club area is. It is true that Inter sports director Giuseppe Marotta subsequently denied an interest in the multiple world footballer.
Messi vortex before the game against Bayern: Argentinians before moving to Inter Milan?
But Gazzetta Dello Sport reported in July that the Milanese, who won the quarter-finals * of the Europa League * against Bayer Leverkusen on Monday evening , were already preparing a four-year contract for the 32-year-old. This will be sweetened from 2021, when Messi was free, with a salary of 65 million euros - per year, of course.
Plant Messi so really his departure from FC Barcelona ? Should the Catalans be knocked out against Bayern , it would be the first season without a title since 2007/08. (smk) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital network
