Ahead of Barcelona vs Dortmund in the Champions League, Lionel Messi is in good condition

North Westphalia - Lionel Messi has reportedly received authorization from the Barcelona side's medical side to strengthen Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. However, Barca coach, Ernesto Valverde seems still reluctant to Messi under his team when they travel to Signal Iduna Park, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 later.

Valverde himself has said that La Pulga's nickname is Messi- in better condition and ended the team's training session with no problems at all. However, the tactics of the Spanish interpreters are still afraid to take risks to directly install its flagship players.

Therefore, even if you go down, chances are that Messi will start on the bench. This step could be an alternative Valverde to maintain the state of the players, especially on the front lines Barcelona now face also appear impressive, even without Messi.

"Tomorrow we will decide whether he (Messi) plays or not. He completed the last training session well, there is no problem," Valverde said, launching the official UEFA website on Tuesday (09/17/2016).

While talking about the strength of opponents, Valverde admitted the away match at the headquarters in Dortmund would be a tense match for his account held by Borussen Die's team having fans who are always ready to support enough militants, especially in their away matches.

I like most of Dortmund is the relationship they have with their fans. They get very good players. Sancho, Reus. Alcacer is a great player and he showed it ", he said.

"Borussia Dortmund is a team that is suitable for him (Alcacer), very accurate. Dortmund might play a possession game, but they also have a good attack. We don't know what they will do tomorrow," he added.

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