Lionel Messi will likely miss the rest of Barcelona's
season after he felt a "strange sensation" in the same area of his
muscle that he injured against Paris Saint-Germain back in April.
Head coach Tito Vilanova
confirmed the injury during his post-match press conference but also
said that the full extent of the injury wouldn't be known until test
could be done on Monday.
While there's zero need for Barcelona to play Messi again this season with the league title wrapped up, Messi's status for Argentina's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador could now be up in the air.
Argentina currently sit in
first place atop the CONMEBOL standings with 24 points. Including their
upcoming games against Colombia (June 7th) and Ecuador (June 11th), they
have five games left to secure a place in the 2014 World Cup. Losing
Messi would be a big blow for La Albiceleste but it's way to
early to make a determination about the striker's availability, though
the Argentine press is likely to get very worked up over this.
For now it's a wait and see situation until the Barcelona medical team can evaluate Messi tomorrow.
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