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Lionel Messi is ready to face a new season with Barcelona. La Pulga has already trained with his teammates.
As is known, Messi has had his first preseason training session this Monday (9/7), after announcing that he will remain at Barcelona. Even so, at the time he was only training himself, not far from Philippe Coutinho who also underwent an independent program after the holidays.
This is for Messi to adapt first, taking into account that he is already a week behind his teammates who have started the preseason since Monday (31/8). Only on Wednesday (9/9) local time did Messi finally join the main team.
 Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez training at the Barcelona headquarters, Wednesday (9/9/2020). Photo: Miguel Ruiz / FC Barcelona |
In that training, Messi did not show any discomfort. He was seen smiling and chatting with teammates, such as Luis Suárez. In addition to Messi, there are four players who have also recently joined the first team training sessions, namely Coutinho, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie De Jong and Ansu Fati. The last three names have just defended their respective national teams in the UEFA Nations League.
This week’s training is part of the preparations for the test match against the third division team of the Spanish League, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, on Saturday (9/12). Even so, it is not yet known if Messi will be played by Ronald Koeman in this match.
In fact, the Spanish league started on that date, but Barcelona will only have their opening day with Villarreal on September 27. They started the new season late because previously they still had to compete in the Champions League until mid-August.
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