The Barcelona star is coming off the back of a knee ligament injury, but appeared to nursing his hamstring strain during the Catalan side's match in Germany on Wednesday
Barcelona are again sweating on the fitness of Lionel Messi after their superstar forward ended Wednesday's draw against Bayer Leverkusen with a pain in his left hamstring.
However, Luis Enrique, despite having one substitute left to use, did not deem it necessary to withdraw the 28-year-old from the action.
Messi, who played for 90 minutes against Valencia at the weekend, has now played back-to-back games, while many of his Barca team-mates were rested in Germany.
Luis Enrique’s decision to play Messi against Leverkusen - while Neymar was out injured and Luis Suarez took a break - was perhaps influenced by the upcoming Club World Cup.
The Catalan club head off to Japan next week and Messi is in need of game time, given he has just returned from a two month injury layoff.
Barca return to training on Thursday to begin preparations for Saturday’s La Liga game against Deportivo La Coruna. Barcelona left sweating on Messi's fitness again
The Barcelona star is coming off the back of a knee ligament injury, but appeared to nursing his hamstring strain during the Catalan side's match in Germany on Wednesday
Barcelona are again sweating on the fitness of Lionel Messi after their superstar forward ended Wednesday's draw against Bayer Leverkusen with a pain in his left hamstring.
However, Luis Enrique, despite having one substitute left to use, did not deem it necessary to withdraw the 28-year-old from the action.
Messi, who played for 90 minutes against Valencia at the weekend, has now played back-to-back games, while many of his Barca team-mates were rested in Germany.
Luis Enrique’s decision to play Messi against Leverkusen - while Neymar was out injured and Luis Suarez took a break - was perhaps influenced by the upcoming Club World Cup.
The Catalan club head off to Japan next week and Messi is in need of game time, given he has just returned from a two month injury layoff.
Barca return to training on Thursday to begin preparations for Saturday’s La Liga game against Deportivo La Coruna. 
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