Don't ask for Messi's shirt at halftime, PSV coach tells team


Soccer Football - Champions League - PSV Eindhoven Training - Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona, Spain - September 17, 2018 PSV Eindhoven coach Mark van Bommel during training REUTERS/Albert Gea

MADRID (Reuters) - PSV Eindhoven coach Mark van Bommel says his players can fight it out for Barcelona star Lionel Messi's shirt if they win at the Nou Camp on Tuesday - but they had better not ask him for it at halftime.

Van Bommel wants the Dutch league leaders to stay professional as they begin the Champions League season facing the player he called the best in the world.

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