Lionel Messi remained in the bench in the party of the fifth day of the phase of groups of the Champions League that the FC Barcelona contested in the Allianz Stadium against the Juventus of Turín. Ernesto Valverde did not range to the Argentinian star in the eleven headline that the Barça played against the team bianconero.
By statements of several members of the club after communicating the decision to leave to Messi out of the team, it is necessary descartar that the crack Argentinian have physical problems. According to the spokesmen of the Barcelona club, the '10' of the Barça is in "a state of optimum form".
Therefore, the decision of Ernesto Valverde to leave to Leo Messi out of the eleven initial was purely by razons technical. The load of parties in very few days does that the 'Txingurri' have to dosificar to his stars and today touched him to the Argentinian forward, that did not begin a party from the bench from the past October.
With the Valency in the horizon
The suplencia of Messi would have been by prevention. The situation of the FC Barcelona in the Champions League is comfortable of face to the aspirations to happen to eighth of final, by what Valverde could allow that Messi rested, of the same form that Jordi Alba.
However, the fact that next Sunday the FC Barcelona confront in Mestalla against Valencia, second qualifier in LaLiga and team in a spectacular state of form, did that from the technical body thought that was better to reserve to the Argentinian so that it arrived cooler to Valencian earths.