PSG vs Benfica: Messi Will Not Be Playing

PSG vs Benfica: Messi Will Not Be Playing

The PSG star Lionel Mess will not play in his team’s Tuesday UEFA Champions League match against Benfica.

The 35-year-old Argentine requested to be replaced after the most recent Champions League game because of a soleus contract, according to Le Parisien.

Despite the “reassuring tests” carried out by the club’s medical team, the striker underwent treatment all weekend, missing the goalless draw against Reims.

“Leo felt a problem in his calf during the first game with Benfica,” PSG coach Christophe Galtier was quoted to have said on Monday via The Mirror.

“We all thought he was going to be able to play in the second game, but it’s not quite there. There are only six days between the two.

“He’s a lot better, but he still has that feeling that could be problematic in a game of this importance, and he preferred to sit it out.”

Messi, though, might be ruled out of this weekend’s Le Classique match against arch-rivals Marseille in addition to missing the rematch with Benfica.

With a goal from Lionel Messi that was well-hit, Paris Saint-Germain had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Benfica in the first leg.