Barcelona: Puyol hoping for the return match
Champions LeagueFC Barcelona is the semi-final first-leg of the Champions League with Bayern Munich next Tuesday
The world footballer of the last missing due to a thigh muscle injury,
returned on Tuesday in the training of the Catalans back.
The
injury to the 25 year old moved in the quarter-final first leg on 2
Barca April in Paris St. Germain (2:2) to.
Although the Argentines still
scored the opening goal of the Blaugrana in the 38th Minute, but
halfway he had to be replaced by Fabregas.
Since then, Messi came
in the Primera Division no longer used. But in the return match against
PSG, he was in the 62 Substituted minute and also started the decisive
goal for 1-1.
On Tuesday now to Messi had to undergo training in a first stress test.
After matching media reports he survived this without problems. Thus its
use against Bayern nothing should stand in the way.
But it is
considered unlikely that Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova (20 clock) is
used in the home match against the Primera Division Levante UD him this
coming Saturday.
Messi is also in this season again the top scorer
of the Catalans . So far, he scored 43 goals in the championship, in the
European Champions League he struck eight times.
Barca, Puyol hopes to use the return leg
Not only Messi spread hope
and captain Carles Puyol probably can already intervene again in the
semi-final.
Although the 35-year-old defender falling for the first leg
in Munich next Tuesday off, wrote the Catalan sports daily "El Mundo
Deportivo" on Thursday. But for the second duel in Barcelona on 1 May
would "anything is possible".
Puyol had on 15 March to undergo an
arthroscopy on his right knee. Defensivpieler Javier Mascherano is
still
missing with a knee injury.
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