"he do not play". Messi sends a warning to Valverde (and Barça swallows)

The Argentine star plans to be erased in several league games for the end of the season

February 26, 2018 (18:43 CET)

Balsamic victory at the Camp Nou. The triumph of FC Barcelona over Gironaserved to restore tranquility to the Catalan side, which had a few days of defeat.

Those of Ernesto Valverde had chained two ties in the League - Spain and Getafe - and a victory suffered against Eibarbefore receiving Girona.

Previously they also visited StamfordBridge in the Champions League , where they tied one in a match that they could well lose. The game of Girona was very necessary.

Without the magician Iniesta , Barçaregained the usual brightness to beat those of Pablo Machín (6-1). And, finally, Coutinho and Dembelé were holders together and performed at a level close to that expected.

This victory comes well in the face of the duel against Las Palmas next Thursday.A game that Leo Messi could miss .

The Argentine star had a talk withValverde a few weeks ago in which he was forceful: " I do not play ." Messi agreed not to play everything thinking about the final phase of the Championsand the World Cup. The Rosario needs rest and the AFA is putting a lot of pressure.

Messi will be deleted about five games

At first, the possibility was explored that Messi would miss five games away from home after playing against Atlético at theCamp Nou. Now the difference is seven points , which would be extended to 10 if they ensure the victory.

The azulgrana receive the picture ofCholo Simeone next Saturday. The plan was to play with everything until that time.

However, in the last hours there have been possible changes on the table.There is a real option for Messi to save the trip to the islands and stay at rest thinking of the mattresses.

In this way, Valverde could test with an unpublished eleven where Coutinho andDembelé returned to have weight withLuis Suárez and Andrés Iniesta in the eleven.Coutinho or Dembelé will make Messi

In that case, everything points toCoutinho taking Messi's place in the Barça attack. Las Palmas , who has just lost his best man, Jonathan Viera , heading for the Chinese league, could be a good opponent to do this kind of testing.

Beyond the possible experiment in the stadium of Gran Canaria, there are five other scenarios where Messi could be absent. The idea is to be away from home.The meetings marked in red on the calendar are against Malaga, the Sevilla , the Celta, the Deportivo and Levante. All of them dangerous duels.

Parties that can choke

The Málaga, the Deportivo and Levanteare rivals can choke off Barcelonabecause they play down to second. They will become strong in their fields.

The Sevilla and Celta , meanwhile, are two sets of standards that often put very complicated things to Barça in their respective stadiums.For this reason, Valverde's road mapdoes not rule out that Messi ends up losing a match at

the Camp Nou such as Barça-Leganés or Barça-Real Sociedad.In the latter case, the already be resolved.