Many Barcelona players in the early stages of the 2017-2019 season were given reasonable accommodation. Meanwhile, their brightest star - Lionel Messi did not have that luck.
Barcelona's previous coaches all wanted Messi to play in most matches and only let him miss the less important matches. This season, he has not been given an early break even though the game situation has been decided.
From now until the end of October, Messi will have to face a rather heavy match schedule. In the immediate future, Barcelona will travel to Portugal to face Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Champions League (September 28, Vietnam time). After the victory over Juventus, coach Valverde has no reason not to let Messi start to affirm his position in Group D.
After that, the Catalan team will host Las Palmas (1.10) at home in round 7 of La Liga before the gathering for the national teams in October. Returning to Argentina, the burden fell even more on Messi's shoulders.
The 2018 World Cup qualifiers in South America will end with only 2 more matches. Therefore, the two matches against Peru (home, October 6) and Ecuador (away, October 11) will be decisive in terms of tickets to the 2018 VCK World Cup in Russia of Argentina. It is also understandable that Messi has to play 180 minutes in these 2 matches.
Unfortunately for Messi, after his service in the national football tournament, the first minutes playing at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano will await him in round 8 of La Liga (October 14). About 3 days later, he and his Barcelona teammates faced Olimpiacos (October 18) in the UEFA Champions League.
If Messi does not rest in the match against Malaga in round 9 of La Liga (October 21 or 22), the opportunity may come to him in the round of 32 of the Spanish King's Cup (around October 5). However, he will have to play with great effort in the thorny month ahead.
