The Barça recovers to Messi for the Glass

Barcelona is going strong with seven wins, a draw and a loss in the last nine games, the best streak since the start of the course.

To his misfortune, he lost the important one, the one that decided the Super Cup title against Athletic (2-3).

At that point, Leo Messi was sent off for slapping Villalibre when he had no chance to play the ball, for which he received two penalties, no matter how much Barça contested.

After the away games against Cornellà in the Cup - in extra time - and against Elche in LaLiga, now the competition is back and Messi is also returning.

At least to the call, because Koeman did not want to reveal any clues of his

this Wednesday against Rayo in Vallecas (9:00 p.m.), as he did, for example, against Cornellà, when he shook the team so that his players could breathe in their legs.

“Messi really wants to play and win things because he's used to it.

He is a winner and he wants to be in all the games ”, Ronald Koeman started;

“But tomorrow we have a talk and I'll give the team.

For now we have to wait to find out ”.

It is known, in any case, that Leo always preferred to manage his physique and fatigue through games before training, so it would be strange if he did not appear.

Among other things because he does not come out of injury - yes he rested against Eibar because he had discomfort, but he rested this week - and because Barça's options to win titles are slipping away, lost in the Super Cup and with little optimism in the Champions League and in LaLiga, where Atlético takes him 10 points and has one game less.

“He is more rested and without discomfort;

He is fresher and eager ”, summed up the Barcelona coach.

And he added: "It's good because to win things, we need a Messi in shape, at his level, with creativity and effectiveness."

Those who are not on the list of summoned are Sergiño Dest - still injured - nor the winger Konrad, nor a Sergi Roberto who was awaiting him.

“He has only done two training sessions with the group and they are very short sessions.

On Friday there will be a stronger training session and if he passes it without problems, it is likely that he will be able to return for Sunday's game ", revealed Koeman, who stressed:" What we are not going to do is take risks with players who are not 100 percent. one hundred".

In return, the young Ilaix Moriba did enter the call, a medium that remembers Pogba for his deployment and handling of both legs.

“The players who can have a future here, it is important that they train with the first team to know the level.

Ilaix is ​​one of those who, despite his youth, it is important to give him the feeling that we have him.

Putting him in the call is a help for him and a reward because he is doing a good job.

He does have a future here ”, complimented the Barça coach.

So closed was he in not giving tracks to Rayo, that he also refused to slide if goalkeeper Neto will play the game, now that the club has ruled out transferring him mid-course no matter how much the player requested it in the absence of minutes.

“We don't have a goalkeeper for LaLiga or another for the Cup. I decide in each game.

First I have to talk to the players ”, settled Koeman, who has a clear objective.

“We would like to win before extra time… But for that you have to play well, work hard and put intensity.

Hopefully it will be like that.

But the most important thing is to pass.

And if it is with an extension, then with an extension ”.

"All of us have helped the club"

Another point on which Koeman was questioned was because of Barcelona's red numbers, because this Monday it was published that he has a net debt (what is owed less what is owed to him) of 488 million after an exercise in which relevant revenues for the entity shrank 14%.

“Barça is one of the great clubs that, due to the covid, suffers more than other teams.

The city also suffers from the tourist issue and this influences the club.

I think that like any great club, their numbers are quite bad, "accepted Koeman, who has seen how he was denied in summer and winter the reinforcements he requested for the positions of center-back (Eric García, from City) and forward (Memphis Depay, from Lyon).

Faced with this situation, they asked the coach if the players charge too much, since Barcelona is one of those that enters the most but also the one who has the salary mass soaring.

“The one that makes the contracts is the club.

I have no opinion.

All of us have helped the club in the salary reduction ”, he settled.