No Lionel Messi on Saturday at the Parc des Princes? We are getting closer. PSG could receive Brest without its superstar on the occasion of the 21st day of Ligue 1. This Thursday, the former Barça once again trained apart from his teammates. A constant since Thursday, January 6, the date of his return from Argentina after isolation due to a Covid-19 infection.
A final decision should be taken this Friday but, after three weeks without a collective session, it would be normal not to see Messi on the lawn on Saturday night. The goal is to take maximum precautions with the physical condition of the 34-year-old, one month before the start of the knockout stages of the Champions League against Real Madrid. The number 30 suffered from symptoms during his Covid and the staff wishes to remain cautious in case of reappearance of symptoms and to avoid an injury.
At the end of the afternoon this Thursday, Messi gave his news from his Instagram account: “As you know I had COVID and I wanted to thank you for the messages and tell you that it is taking longer than expected but I have almost fully recovered and can’t wait to get back on the pitch. I’m training these days to get back to 100%. Great challenges await us this year and I hope we will see each other again very soon ”.
In addition, the ESPN media announced this Thursday that the winner of the last Copa America will not be traveling with his selection at the end of January to face Chile and Colombia in the framework of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The choice is up to the player, as his coach Lionel Scaloni told him, and nothing has yet been done.
