Lionel Messi rested as Barcelona host Leganés | OneFootball

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Alex Mott·20 January 2019

Lionel Messi rested as Barcelona host Leganés

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Ernesto Valverde has dropped Lionel Messi for Barcelona’s home game with Leganés on Sunday.

The coach admitted in his pre-match press conference that he could rest the Argentine – and now that’s been confirmed, with Ousmane Dembélé, Luis Suárez and Philippe Coutinho in a front three.


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Elsewhere, Carles Aleñá starts in midfield alongside Arthur and Sergio Busquets.

Gerard Piqué captains from centre back.