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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Lionel Messi breaks right forearm, out for about 3 weeks


Lionel Messi broke his right forearm on Saturday Oct 20,2018  and will be sidelined for about three weeks, a major setback for him and Barcelona right before some important games.

Messi will miss playing Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday, and the clasico against Real Madrid next weekend. He’ll miss three others, including the return game against Inter.

“It’s a significant loss. We will notice his absence,” Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said. “We’ve played without him in the past. We will be prepared to overcome this.”

Messi was hurt in the first half of Barcelona’s 4-2 win against Sevilla at Camp Nou Stadium. He was trying to reclaim the ball when he ran into the back of Sevilla midfielder Franco Vazquez and fell in the 17th minute. Trying to cushion his landing, Messi’s right elbow bent badly.

Messi was taken to a clinic and the club said tests showed a “fracture of the radial bone.”

The playmaker scored the team’s second goal with a shot from outside the area in the 12th.

“We’ll see how we will play without him,” Valverde said. “We will try to maintain our style.”

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