SORPRESÓN: Leo Messi, acting! Malcom relieved him in the eleven

Roughly an hour before the Classical of Glass of the King between the Real Madrid and the FC Barcelona, confirmed the news that anybody wanted to listen: Leo Messi remained out of the eleven of Ernesto Valverde. Finally, the Txingurri did not want to risk with his star and kept him in the bench after the annoyances that drags by the hit that gave in the thigh in front of Valencia.

In the party against the team che contested this Saturday -hardly three days before the duel in front of the Real Madrid- the Argentinian star received a hard hit  that did not allow him go back to esprintar. Luckily, it went in in the announcement to play the duel in front of the 'merengues', which means that the injury is not grave, although the Txingurri did not see him for 90 minutes.

"If it does not play Leo, will play another", said the technician extremeño in the room of press. Said and fact: Malcom was the player that went in by Messi. The one of the Brazilian was an election that did not disassemble the usual diagram of the team, keeping the 4-3-3 with Coutinho in the left, Luis Suárez in the centre and Malcom in the position of the Argentinian.

It is obvious that Leo Messi conditions all the game of the team independently of the tactical drawing, but bet by not changing the diagram is a good option to facilitate the adaptation of the team to the absence of the Argentinian, as it already occurred when lesionó the arm in October. In front of the Real Madrid, did not change the disposal of the team.

Reserving to Messi for a frantic February

Leo Messi is a so indispensable player that supposes the base of the game of the FC Barcelona. Thus, force him in Glass of the King in front of the Real Madrid had been able to suppose lose him during much more time, by what Ernesto Valverde did not want to run risks in spite of the importance of the duel copero in front of the eternal rival.

The month of February will offer parties very complicated in a space of time very reduced. No longer only they are the classical in front of the Madrid or the parties of LaLiga Santander, but also the return of the Champions League. For all these appointments, will be fundamental that Leo Messi was to the one hundred by one hundred physically.