By AFP 07 October 2022 | 3:44 pm Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Reims with a calf problem, the club said on Friday. Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacts after his shoot during PSG’s Japan Tour football match against Gamba Osaka at Suita stadium in Osaka on July 25, 2022. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Reims with a calf problem, the club said on Friday. The Argentine star was “fatigued” after PSG drew away to Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday in Lisbon, said coach Christophe Galtier. The 35-year-old Messi scored PSG’s goal in a 1-1 draw and was replaced by Pablo Sarabia with nine minutes to go. “Leo will be rested. He will resume running on Sunday and will train on Monday before the return match against Benfica,” said Galtier. Galtier and PSG face nine games before breaking for the World Cup on November 13. Messi’s Argentina kick off their campaign in Qatar against Saudi Arabia on November 22. It will be Messi’s fifth World Cup and he said this week it will definitely be his last. “It’s my last World Cup, surely. I feel good physically,” he told ESPN Argentina on Thursday. “It was essential to get to where I am, with a good state of mind and a lot of hope.” The PSG medical statement said Messi was suffering “discomfort in the calf”. It added that Kylian Mbappe is recovering from a sore throat and “trained in the gym” but he is a doubt for the match in Reims. PSG host Benfica on Tuesday and the following Sunday face bitter Ligue 1 rivals Marseille, who are just two points behind in the Ligue 1 table going into this weekend’s matches. Latest 1 day ago President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the leadership of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum over the reported cases of flood across the country. 1 day ago Byline : Imane Charioui, Director of Francophone Africa, WorldRemit DOUALA, Cameroon, 7 October, 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Right from birth, kids begin to actively pick up skills and knowledge as they engage with different environments. From the social skills they learn at home to the hygiene skills taught at school, all contribute to their development, but… 1 day ago A Bowen University Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Olatunde Samuel Dahunsi has emerged as the first Nigerian Scientist to win the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship in 2022/2023 cohort of 50 fellows. 1 day ago Over the last twelve years, Nigeria has grown to master the practice of local content, to the extent of mentoring other resource-rich countries such as Uganda in promoting their own industries. Nigeria is one of the few countries to have enacted a primary regulation dedicated to it, with a broad objective to domicile a share… 1 day ago The Federal Roads Safety Corps, (FRSC), has issued a road diversion alert to travellers along the Abuja-Lokoja road due to recent flooding around Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi state.
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