Messi injury fears allayed
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Barcelona yesterday played down fears that striker Lionel Messi injured his hamstring during Sunday鈥檚 6-0 home thrashing of Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, after the Argentine was replaced at half-time.
鈥淭he tests carried out this morning (yesterday) allowed us to rule out a hamstring injury. It鈥檚 just a bit of minor discomfort,鈥 Barcelona said in a statement, with Messi withdrawn at the weekend after feeling a hamstring strain.
鈥淗ow it progresses will determine his availability for the upcoming matches,鈥 the European champion added.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique insisted the decision to withdraw Messi, recently crowned Ballon d鈥橭r winner for a record fifth time, was purely a precautionary measure. 鈥淲e spoke and it didn鈥檛 make any sense to risk it at 2-0 and with all that we have to come,鈥 Enrique told reporters after the match.
Messi opened the scoring on Sunday when he converted a 7th-minute penalty, before he was replaced at the break by midfielder Arda Turan.
Neymar was also on target in the first half, with Luis Suarez netting a hat-trick following the restart to become La Liga鈥檚 top scorer with 18 goals.
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