Messi recovers from injury, can start fitness work


BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Lionel Messi has recovered fully from his thigh muscle injury and can begin work on his fitness although no date has yet been set for his return to action, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on Friday.

The Argentina captain was given the good news by team doctors at the AFA's training complex, which is on the city's outskirts, where he has been recuperating from the November 10 injury he suffered with Barcelona.

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