Lionel Messi has been left out of Barcelona's Champions League squad for the second time in a week. The Argentine was rested by boss Ronald Koeman as the Catalans travelled across Europe to take on Dynamo Kiev last Tuesday.
And the Dutchman has again opted to leave Messi out as they visit Champions League minnows Ferencvaros. Barcelona are already through to the knockout stages of the competition and the decision was made last week to hand the 33-year-old a rest.
Koeman has again chosen to leave Messi out of Barcelona's trip to Budapest along with Philippe Coutinho and goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
The Barcelona boss has bemoaned the current schedule and claimed it is "impossible" to keep players fit in the current climate when
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