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"Barcelona" team will not receive 400,000 euros, which were planned as part of a friendly match deal in Hamburg. The German club celebrating its 125th anniversary yesterday hoped to see the strongest lineup of the Catalan team on the field, but the main star Lionel Messi was missing from the visitors' ranks. The 25-year-old Argentine was nursing a leg injury and this ailment changed the terms of the agreement. The Germans did not see L.Messi on the field (AFP photo). However, the "Barcelona" team is not too upset - for five friendly matches (in Europe and Africa), the Catalans will earn 6 million euros.
