Why Messi stayed on the bench when Barcelona was defeated

Messi ended this season's Champions League trip with sitting on the bench and saw Barcelona 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich in 90 minutes. Why Messi not played in it?

According to Catalan radio station an hour before the match, Vilanova had talked with Messi on that day and Messi felt discomfortable. Vilanova,the coach of Barcelona, confirmed this news and said “ Messi has trained yesterday but he did not feel quite well. We decide to wait how he feels after today training. Today, after the discussion with our doctors, physical division and players, we think that Messi may get hurt, so we only let him play a few minutes if Barcelona has the hope to promotion.”

Since the muscle injury in the 1/4 final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain, Messi has not been 100% recovery. The newspaper pointed out that, after that match, Messi only played once in the first leg of the semi-final of the Allianz Arena, but did not change anything. He debuted in the second half but has not defining performance in the second leg of the Champions League in Paris and the League 2 to 2 level Athletic Bilbao.

At the end of the Champions League, Messi had not the capacity of the Champions League top scorer for 5 consecutive years. However, from the long-term perspective, Messi does not risk his heal in this season,while next season he will be surely back to fight for the Champions League crown.(Originate
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