It gave the surprise this Saturday in the afternoon in the Camp Nou, with the replacement of Leo Messi by part of Luis Enrique in the minute 64 of party. The Asturian technician, when seeing the practically resolved party with 2-0 in the marker, took the decision to preserve to Leo Messi relieving him of the terrain of game and, of this way, giving him minutes of rest so that it was to the maximum next Tuesday.
Like this the things, the "10" will be able to be to full performance in the turn of semifinals of Glass of the King 2016-17 against the Athletic of Madrid, a meeting that Luis Suárez will play entirely rested to the have not participated this Saturday in front of the Athletic, but that will not play Neymar Jr by accumulation of yellow cards.
Leo Messi, sonriente in the bench of the Barça
In any case, and going back to the change of Leo Messi, the reality is that the Argentinian did not take at all badly the fact to leave to the bench, but rather on the contrary. It directed with parsimony to the band and, once in the bank, kidded beside the rest of his mates seating beside Luis Suárez, his big fellow in the Barcelona staff.
In fact, the laughs were generalised in the bench when it arrived few minutes afterwards the goal of Aleix Vidal, that served to sentence of definite way the meeting contested in the Camp Nou between both teams. Minutes of rest, then , for a Messi that definitely it deserves them.