Champions League: Messi to miss Huesca game after clash with Smalling
Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, is likely to sit out their trip to Huesca this weekend, ESPN reports.
Messi was left with a bloodied face, following a clash with Manchester United defender Chris Smalling. Smalling clattered into the Argentine to win the ball in the first half, as Barca won 1-0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday, to take a slim advantage into next week’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at Camp Nou.
Messi ended the game with bruising and swelling around his nose and cheek and will undergo tests back in Barcelona on Thursday. The Spanish club is hopeful there’s no fracture, but that manager Ernesto Valverde will take advantage of the knock, to rest him against Huesca on Saturday.
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