{"id":12656,"date":"2022-03-19T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/19\/explanation-provided-for-lionel-messis-absence-from-psgs-squad-to-face-monaco\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T22:00:44","slug":"explanation-provided-for-lionel-messis-absence-from-psgs-squad-to-face-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/19\/explanation-provided-for-lionel-messis-absence-from-psgs-squad-to-face-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Explanation provided for Lionel Messi\u2019s absence from PSG\u2019s squad to face Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An explanation for the absence of Lionel Messi from Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s travelling squad to take on AS Monaco has been provided on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the club\u2019s ongoing pursuit of yet another Ligue 1 title, PSG will of course return to action tomorrow afternoon, in a showdown with the aforementioned Monaco at the The Stade Louis II.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, ahead of his side\u2019s trip down south, Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s travelling panel of players was, a short time ago, made official.<\/p>\n<p>As alluded to above, though, one altogether noteworthy absence from the party came in the form of none other than Lionel Messi:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?\u2714\ufe0f The Parisian squad ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AS_Monaco_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AS_Monaco_EN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ASMPSG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ASMPSG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZXU7lnU11J\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZXU7lnU11J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WjbLbygbsG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WjbLbygbsG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSG_English\/status\/1505266645572403201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An explanation for as much has therefore since been provided, with PSG\u2019s 7-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner understood to have come down with a bout of illness:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lionel Messi is out for PSG due to flu like symptoms. He will miss their match against Monaco. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pDIH35q5qN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pDIH35q5qN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyNemer\/status\/1505191270821601282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Always open\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly, news of Messi\u2019s impending absence on Sunday comes after none other than Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez was drawn on the woes of his one-time teammate earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the Argentine\u2019s ongoing struggles to rediscover his best form in the French capital \u2013 culminating in the home support in attendance at PSG\u2019s meeting with Bordeaux last weekend taking aim at Messi courtesy of a series of boos and jeers \u2013 the possibility of the Blaugrana icon sealing a return to the Camp Nou in the near future was put to Xavi by the expectant media.<\/p>\n<p>And Barca\u2019s boss, for one, appears very much open to such a prospect, having confirmed that \u2018the doors will always be open\u2019 for Messi at the club:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Xavi: \u201cLeo Messi is the best player in history and the doors will always be open here at Bar\u00e7a for him\u201d. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe deserves a big tribute \u2013 and I can\u2019t say much more because he has a contract with Paris Saint-Germain\u201d, he added. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTApHvDHul\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CTApHvDHul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1505211936660930562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/ligue-1-betting-tips\/as-monaco-vs-paris-saint-germain-betting-tips-ligue-1-preview-predictions-odds\/\">AS Monaco vs Paris Saint-Germain betting tips: Ligue 1 preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/real-madrid-vs-fc-barcelona-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\">Real Madrid vs Barcelona betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An explanation for the absence of Lionel Messi from Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s travelling squad to take on AS Monaco has been provided on Saturday. Amid the club\u2019s ongoing pursuit of yet another Ligue 1 title, PSG will of course return to action tomorrow afternoon, in a showdown with the aforementioned Monaco at the The Stade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}