Lionel Messi is expected to be fit for Barcelona’s Champions League quarter-final clash against Manchester United next month.
The 31-year-old suffered a groin injury while playing the full 90 minutes of Argentina’s 3-1 home defeat to Venezuela on Friday.
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Lionel Messi suffered a groin injury while on international duty
Despite being ruled out of his country’s friendly against Morocco on Tuesday, Spanish outlet Marca report Messi is likely to return to LaLiga action when Barcelona host Espanyol this weekend.
This means he will be back in time for Barca’s visit to Old Trafford on April 10, in a huge blow to Man United.
Following the recent injury, a Barcelona statement read: “Lionel Messi did not have the return to international action that he would have wanted, and an injury picked up on Friday night means he will miss Argentina’s game against Morocco on Tuesday.â€
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Messi’s 39 goals have boosted Barcelona’s hopes of winning a LaLiga, Copa del Rey and Champions League treble this season.
They lead second placed Atletico Madrid by ten points, and have Valencia and United awaiting them in the Copa final and Champions League quarter-finals respectively.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have injury problems of their own heading into the European clash after losing Romelu Lukaku, Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford in recent weeks.
Nonetheless, they will fancy their chances of pulling off a shock result over Barcelona after an injury-depleted United overcame a 2-0 first leg deficit to knock Paris Saint-Germain out the Champions League in the previous round.
Barcelona travel to Old Trafford for the quarter-final first leg as they continue their pursuit of a sixth Champions League title. Ever since Lionel Messi mentioned the Champions League in his Joan Gamper trophy speech, there has been an intense focus by the team to bring the trophy back to Barcelona for the first time since 2015.
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