Lionel Messi will sit out a second successive Champions League outing for Barcelona, with Ronald Koeman opting to leave the mercurial Argentine out of his plans for a meeting with Ferencvaros.
A six-time Ballon d’Or winner played no part in the Blaugrana’s 4-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev on November 24.
The decision was taken to hand the 33-year-old a well-earned rest as positive progress was already being made through continental competition.
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Barca had no need for Messi magic against Ukrainian opposition and will be hoping to see history repeat itself on Wednesday.