It seemed that the patience of Barcelona coach Gerardo
Martino ran out on Tuesday over questions about the decline in the level of
Lionel Messi and expected to restore the best player in the world his
brilliance at the earliest.
Messi season influenced some minor injuries and the
Argentine player in the Chinese site Weibo social networking at the beginning
of this week said that it was not yet ready for full fitness.
front of Espanyol in the Nou Camp Stadium on Friday, Messi
failed to score in the fourth match in a row involving for 90 minutes in the
Primera Liga and it was worse match for him about six years ago.
Martino told reporters before facing AC Milan in the
Champions League on Wednesday, "I think that this is the third news
conference in the last five days and almost Question No. 20 on the status of
Leo."
The 50-year-old coach added, who took responsibility
successor to patient Tito Vilanova before the start of the season, "and I
will continue to say the exact same thing."
Tata continued "What I am happy is his presence in my
team .. that I am taking away his training. To wait until the next game to see
if it will continue to contribute to what he always does to Barcelona when
everything was done by a value in the game."
Martino said that Messi is not subject to a special
rehabilitation program and trained normally with the rest of the team.
He went on saying, "Leo may feel that it is not so good
because he was injured twice in a short period. Level of decline may be a
result he feels that he is not 100 percent fit."
Tata added "he trained in the way that he needs
according to the number of games we are fighting ... There's nothing
specific."
Messi scored the equalizer against Milan in the match, which
ended 1-1 last month in Italy, his fourth goal in two championship matches this
season after his hat-trick against Ajax Amsterdam in September.
his record in the Spanish first division will boast any
player as he scored eight goals in ten games Martino said that his Argentine
compatriot is a victim of the big hopes on him.
Barcelona balance will rise to ten points if won in the Nou
Camp on Wednesday two games before the end of the group will qualify to the
knockout round.
Milan has five points from three matches against three
points for Celtic and one point for Ajax before their match in Amsterdam.
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