Shams Messi may be absent from Barcelona ... "he has returned from a high altitude"

Barcelona Dutch coach Ronald Koeman has to make the difficult decision to rest the Argentine star Lionel Messi or not in the crowd of matches, while Belgian Real Madrid striker Eden Hazar continues to be absent due to injury on the eve of the sixth phase of the Spanish football championship.

Messi fought the ninety minutes in the two matches of his country against Ecuador and Bolivia, the last one at a high altitude in La Paz, and he did not miss any minute in the ranks of his team since the resumption of the domestic league in June of last season.

However, the pressurized program for the Catalan team, which will play 7 matches in 21 days, i.e. an average of one match every three days, may prompt Koeman to rest the star of the team in his match at Getafe on Saturday before the start of the team’s career in the Champions League next Tuesday against Hungarian Fernsváros, and more importantly The first El Clasico match of the season against Real in the current 24th.

Then Barcelona will move to Italy to meet Juventus and its Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, on October 28 in the first confrontation against Messi since the first departure from Real Madrid two seasons ago.

On the other hand, Real Madrid receives the leaders, who have not lost in the league since last March, where they have won 13 times in the last 15 matches, leading the rookie this season to the top flight.

Thibaut Courtois, the goalkeeper of the royal Belgian team, recovered from a back injury while he was in the ranks of his country during the international suspension period, and the top scorer of the French team Karim Benzema and Brazilian Vinicius Junior will participate as they rested while their colleagues defended the colors of the national teams during the recent period .

Benzema scored 250 goals with Real Madrid and is the fifth player in the club's history to score so many goals.

However, Hazar's absence has continued since the beginning of the current season, as he suffers from a muscle injury that will likely prevent him from competing in El Clasico next week.

But Courtois expressed confidence that his countryman, who scored one goal last season and missed for several months due to repeated injuries, will return stronger than he was, and said in this regard, "I have no doubt that we will see the best when Hazar returns."

"He is looking forward to proving that. He is getting better and hopes to show it to everyone. I am sure he will blow up his energy soon and make the team happy."

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid will be a guest to Celta Vigo in his first match after losing the efforts of influential Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Barty, who moved to Arsenal, England, after the latter paid the penalty clause in his contract in the last hours before the transfer window closed on October 5, depriving his opponent of Find an alternative.

Parti played 188 matches for the Spanish capital's team and was a member of the team that crowned European League champions (Europa League) in 2018.

Attention is drawn to Moroccan international striker Osama Al-Idrissi, born in the Netherlands and newly transferred to Seville on a five-year contract, from Dutch Alkmar.

The 24-year-old scored 13 goals in 25 matches in the Dutch league last season before the activity was suspended and the tournament was canceled completely.

Al-Idrissi, who won the European League last season, will join three of his compatriots in the Andalusian team, goalkeeper Yassin Bono, striker Youssef Al-Nusiri and wing Mounir Al-Haddadi.

Sevilla, led by former Real Madrid and Spain coach Juline Lopetegui, is one of 4 teams not yet defeated in the league, winning 7 points in 3 matches.

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