Messi does not travel to Kiev by order of Koeman: "It is time to rest"

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players

and

are not on the list of summoned for the

against

in Ukraine, due to rest, and they join the long list of casualties due to injury.

.

The Dutch coach provided a list of

, with the presence of the subsidiary center-back Óscar Mingueza, along with his teammates Iñaki Peña and Konrad De la Fuente, and the presence of midfielder Matheus also stands out.

Piqué, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto, Umtiti, Sergio and Araújo

are out due to injury, while De Jong and Messi, by technical decision, will be out for this match because, according to Koeman, "they need a break."

Thus, the

is as follows: Ter Stegen, Dest, Aleñá, Griezmann, Pjanic, Braithwaite, Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Coutinho, Lenglet, Pedri, Trincao, Jordi Alba, Matheus, Junior, Iñaki Peña, Mingueza and Konrad.

"It is time to rest"

"We have decided not to take Messi and De Jong to Kiev because

, our situation in the Champions League is relatively comfortable with 9 points, and it is time to rest," Koeman justified himself.

Despite everything, he denied any concern about the sports performance and the state of mind of the '10'.

"I am convinced that Messi

" he said.

Regarding Piqué's injury, the Dutch coach acknowledged that "it is

."

With Samuel Umtiti and Ronald Araujo in the final stretch of their respective injuries, the only healthy center-back is Clement Lenglet, and Koeman knows that there are still weeks to go before he can

in the winter market.

"If there is any possibility, it will be in January, and

. We must give opportunities to young people to play and take minutes," said the coach, who did not rule out giving the alternative to Oscar Mingueza, the central of the subsidiary that lately he trains with the first team.

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