Barcelona star Messi: No risk with ankle injury
Barcelona ace Lionel Messi insists he took no risks after playing - and scoring - in their Club World Cup win over Atlante.
Messi is still carrying an ankle injury, but managed over a half-hour to help Barca reach the final against Juan Veron's Estudiantes.
"I felt good. I played a few minutes, it hurt a bit at the end, but there are days left to recover again," said Messi.
"We beat a great team that played very well.
"Estudiantes are a great team with very good players."
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Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 11th | |||
| Racing Santander | Atlético Madrid | 0 - 0 | 17:00 |
| Osasuna | Barcelona | 3 - 2 | 19:00 |
| Real Betis | Athletic Club | 2 - 1 | 21:00 |
| Villarreal | Granada | - | 23:00 |
| Málaga | Mallorca | - | 23:00 |
| Real Madrid | Levante | - | 23:00 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Getafe | - | 23:00 |
| Real Sociedad | Sevilla | - | 23:00 |
| Valencia | Sporting Gijón | - | 23:00 |
| Espanyol | Real Zaragoza | - | 23:00 |
| Sun Feb 12th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Sevilla | - | 00:00 |
| Racing Santander | Atlético Madrid | - | 00:00 |
| Osasuna | Barcelona | - | 00:00 |
| Real Betis | Athletic Club | - | 00:00 |
| Espanyol | Real Zaragoza | 0 - 2 | 11:00 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Getafe | 2 - 0 | 15:00 |
| Málaga | Mallorca | 3 - 1 | 15:00 |
| Valencia | Sporting Gijón | 4 - 0 | 17:00 |
| Villarreal | Granada | 3 - 1 | 18:45 |
| Real Madrid | Levante | 4 - 2 | 20:30 |
| Mon Feb 13th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Sevilla | - | 20:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 58 |
| Barcelona | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 48 |
| Valencia | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| Levante | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| Espanyol | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 32 |
| Atletico Madrid | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 |
| Malaga | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 31 |
| Osasuna | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | -9 | 31 |
| Athletic Club | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 28 |
| Real Sociedad | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 27 |
| Getafe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 27 |
| Sevilla | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 26 |
| Real Betis | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 26 |
| Villarreal | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 26 |
| Mallorca | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 25 |
| Granada | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 25 |
| Racing Santander | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | -8 | 23 |
| Sporting Gijon | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -23 | 19 |
| Real Zaragoza | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -20 | 15 |
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Comments (4)
Messi keep d fire burning, bring home world club cup, makin it 6trophies in a season.
http://s3.thewrestlinggame.com/?w=78
wahahahhahah.. beat great team
they dont know how to pass the ball
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