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Before the CL quarter-finals against FC Bayern: mega-fuss about Lionel Messi - departure of superstar already fixed?

2020-08-14T14:58:11.448Z


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.


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

Update from August 13, 1:25 p.m.: Before Bayern's Champions League quarter-finals against FC Barcelona, ​​superstar Lionel Messi trained with a bandaged calf. He had previously injured himself slightly against Napoli - he should still be absolutely fit for Bayern. On the other hand, not all the stars are likely to be ready for action at Munich. Which team will Hansi Flick send into the race?

Spain expert and European champion Bernd Schuster sees Bayern at an advantage despite the stars in the FC Barcelona squad. "The way they have played so far and won the championship, they are one of my favorites," the ex-player from Barcelona , Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid told the picture . The main thing is to eliminate Messi, said Schuster. They know “that Messi can still win games on his own. He has the quality to score goals against Bayern and decide the game on his own. "That is why the Munich team has to keep the Argentinian away from the game as much as possible.

FC Bayern: quarter-finals against Barcelona - Lionel Messi and Co. for experts at a disadvantage against Bayern

First report from August 11th: 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, 2020

But 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 33-year-old. This will be sweetened from 2021, when Messi is 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. Franck Ribéry also ended his season at Fiorentina without a title - but he received a major award *. The possible final opponent of Bayern or FC Barcelona will start the first quarter-finals of the Champions League tournament on Wednesday.

Now FC Bayern has been the victim of an attempt at extortion *. A man threatened with a huge bang. (smk) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital network

List of rubric lists: © Joan Monfort / AP / dpa

Source: merkur

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