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Perform a specific treatment in the gymnasium of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper · Abidal, absent from the session Guardiola had a total of 16 players, including Thiago and Nolita

Leo Messi has started on Tuesday the recovery of strain in the internal and external lateral ligaments in his right ankle with a specific treatment in the gymnasium of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, where his colleagues are preparing to clash against Sporting de Gijón.

Messi, who on Monday received the good news of the brief absence from the pitch - could miss two to four games - and fight for the shortest possible period of recovery from his right ankle, damaged by the hard tackle Tomas Ujfalusi in the match against Atletico.

In addition to Argentina, were lower France's Eric Abidal, who is in Martinique with permission of the club by his grandfather's illness, while Jeffren the squad after receiving a medical discharge after overcoming the physical problems that dragged on since late August, as reported by the Catalan club's medical services.

Thiago and Nolito, news

Thus, the session went Josep Guardiola was composed of 16 players available for the first team with the addition of the players of Barcelona 'B' Thiago Alcantara and Nolito, which could be repeated on Wednesday at the last session prior to confrontation with the Asturian, at 20.00 hours.

The player has a sprained medial collateral ligament of the ankle.

After testing this morning at Leo Messi has been confirmed the diagnosis that the doctors of Barcelona made a first exploration. The player has a sprained medial collateral ligament of the ankle and lower estimated period is fifteen days.

The Argentine striker was subjected to various tests for 50 minutes at the Hospital de Barcelona to confirm the real extent of his injury after the last entry Ujfalusi in the match against Atletico Madrid.

Messi will miss at least the next two league games against Sporting Gijon on Wednesday at the Camp Nou and against Athletic Bilbao at San Mames, next Saturday. In addition, almost certainly, can not be measured at Rubin Kazan for in-Champions-although they do in determining the presence or not in the cold lands of Siberia.

Meanwhile, Argentina's national team will do everything possible to travel forward with them to Japan, where they will meet on 8 October at the Nipponese, because if Messi does not play, the Japan Football Association will pay 200,000 euros less to the Federation Argentina .

The Argentine missed Saturday's derby by some discomfort in the ankle

Leo Messi gave the Golden Ball 2009 to all the fans Barcelona in the preliminaries of the joint meeting between FC Barcelona and Espanyol. The Argentine, who missed Saturday's derby by a sore right ankle, was cheered by fans, teammates and the captain of Espanyol, Luis Garcia, when he lifted the trophy that he is credited as the best player this year.

A Despite sprained ankle, Messi wanted to thank this gesture with the support of the fans and the other members of the Barça squad. A priori, this will not be the last award received by the Argentine soccer since it looks like that will be the FIFA World Player.

Messi, who received the Golden Ball on Sunday, was ahead in the classification of Cristiano Ronaldo and his companions in all Barça Xavi and Iniesta.