Messi may play against Rubin after fast recovery

Barcelona wizard Lionel Messi has recovered a lot earlier than expected from the ankle injury he sustained against Atletico Madrid a week ago and is set to be benched against Rubin Kazan.

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الإثنين، 27 سبتمبر 2010 - 15:00
Barcelona wizard Lionel Messi has recovered a lot earlier than expected from the ankle injury he sustained against Atletico Madrid a week ago and is set to be benched against Rubin Kazan.

Messi went down in agony after a tough challenge from defender Tomas Ujfalusi during the La Liga game and was likely to be out for three weeks.

However, he has already overcome his injury and now is poised to be on the bench in Barca's UEFA Champions League match at Rubin on Wednesday, according to media reports.

The 23-year-old is expected to be back to the Catalans' starting line-up against Mallorca next weekend in the Spanish cup.