"Barcelona" strategist Ernesto Valverde confirmed that Lionel Messi may miss the upcoming matches against "Sevilla".
The star of the Argentine national team was unable to play in the recent friendly matches against Italy and Spain.
Although the striker already participated in part of yesterday's Catalan training, the team's coaching staff may decide to save him for the UEFA Champions League match against "Roma" in the middle of the week.
"We have to wait. We take care of him just like Argentina did", Valverde said at a press conference. "Players are used to facing such minor problems in the middle of the season, they are used to dealing with them."
"Players can control it, but they need to try not to go over the limits. We would really like to have all the players prepared 100 percent, but we know that after games someone will have something bothering them or feeling pain. At this moment, we have to see how we will be doing in today's training session."
"On the one hand, this complicates everything. It happened in the last away match against "Malaga", when Messi was not in the last minutes and we played with 11 players in a slightly different way. Without a player like Leo, we have alternatives, but the situation is different."
"He seems relaxed, we talked about everything with Andres and other players. Every player likes to win. I'm not going to criticize anything, because we are all accustomed to it, so it means nothing. As for his mood, there is nothing unusual."
Starting with tomorrow's match against "Sevilla", "Barcelona" faces a total of seven matches in the next 22 days.
