FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Osasuna - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - November 29, 2020 FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi will be rested for the second Champions League game in a row in missing Barca's trip to Hungarian side Ferencvaros but will not sit out any more games after that, coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday.
Barca's captain had played in every match of the season plus four World Cup qualifiers with Argentina before being rested for last week's 4-0 win in Dynamo Kyiv and has also been left out of the squad for Wednesday's game.
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