Barcelona is Suffering More than Messi Himself

 

The biggest question at the moment for all El Clasico lovers is if Messi is playing or he’s still unable to make it to the El Clasico. The most awaited fixture in the whole La Liga Season. Messi played his last match in the end of September against Las Palmas fixture resulting in the favor of Barcelona 2-1. But after that a knee ligament injury came in between, it would not be wrong if we say Barcelona is suffering more from that knee ligament injury instead of Lionel Messi himself. In an interview the World Renown Pundit Terry Gibson completely supported Lionel for his recovery.

 

 "If his knee has recovered totally, 100 per cent - not 99 but 100 - I would have him on the bench because there is no way he is going to be match fit," Gibson said.

"That amount of time out, if it had been three or four weeks, then you might be tempted to throw him in from the start.

"Even if you're not going to use him, you could put him as one of the seven subs. If you'd have asked me a week ago, I would have said there was no chance whatsoever because we haven't had any evidence of his progress, but supposedly there is secret progress going on and he is nearer than we think.

"Now he's not going to be match fit and sharp, but it might be one of those where he's back and ready for 20 minutes at the end."

But still even Messi is not making it into the squads but Still Barcelona is doing Wonderful in all the events they are unbeaten in the last seven games in all competitions and they are giving a big tough time to their rivals Real Madrid as they are only 3 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga points table.

It looks like Neymar has taken up the boots of Messi, he has scored 10 goals in last eight matches, and he’s proving why he was considered above Messi and Ronaldo by Pele, Rivaldo and many other legends.

But despite the form of Neymar and Suarez, Gibson believes Barcelona will not delay Messi's return to the starting line-up.

"There can be no doubt - and I know that a lot of people are saying Neymar and Suarez are flourishing without Lionel Messi - if you've got the choice of Sandro, Munir or Messi, it would be daft [not to pick him]," Gibson added.

"We all know that Barcelona are a better team with Messi. They would love to have a fully fit Messi.

"It's that type of game, it's El Clasico - two evenly match teams and tiny little margins between the two, so you would like to have Messi, but in this instance, if his knee is fit, I would have him on the bench."

Ronaldo vs Neymar Suarez Messi would have been amazing but it looks like Messi won’t be able to make it to the mega event lets hope Barca fans get their breath back.