Al Ittihad – Barcelona supporters face the disappointment: the absence of Messi du Clasico

Argentine striker Lionel Messi will be prevented from defending Barcelona on Sunday in the Spanish club Clasico against Real Madrid, losing the match against Catalan fans, especially those who have crossed the ocean to see him play.
The best player in the world has had five times the fracture of the forearm at the end of last week in a match against Sevilla at the ninth stage and will be away for three weeks. Tomorrow's game will be played during the tenth stage at Camp Nou. The first "classico" since 2007 also miss him Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo, five times better player of the world, who joined Juventus this summer.
Despite the historical rivalry between Catalan and Royal clubs, the absence of Messi, with all its charm, brilliance, dribbling and goals, makes Barcelona fans, tens of thousands on the ground and millions in out of it, the burden of not being present in the title of the season.
On the west side outside Camp Nou, a salesman stands behind him with the Mickey T-shirt hanging on the back. "We will continue to sell Messi shirts even after 20 years of retirement," the AFP salesman said.
"There is not (Claesico) without Messi," he added in response to a question about the meaning of the game in the absence of the 31-year-old Argentinean, who was not known for his non-Catalan club career.
Messi has printed "Alclassico" in his own way in the modern era and has played 38 games against Real Madrid with 26 goals. When he grabbed his arm in Seville, the fans were worried about the fate Barcelona would soon confirm. The first "Clasico" of the season would be without Messi.
The absence of Messi has not been a disappointment for Catalan or Spanish fans, but also for millions of fans around the world, including Miles, a resident of northern Canada located 8,000 kilometers away. Barcelona.
Miles admired Macy for putting his name on the license plate of his car. His friend and friend reduced the distance between the two countries by flying 19 hours to watch the match (at a cost of about $ 1,200 each), plus 1,000 euros (about $ 1,140) for two cards.
Miles has been encouraging the club for six years and has never been known as a Messi, who has been defending the colors of the first team since the 2005-2006 season. "I consider myself a big fan of Barcelona, ​​but I'm obsessed with Messi," he says.
"To say that I was shocked when he was hurt, it was to minimize what I was feeling (…) in a scenario where Messi's participation in the game was guaranteed, I was ready to pay more than $ 2,000 for tickets. "
What worries some fans, too, is that Messi may not stay on the field for many years, having finished this summer on the sidelines of the World Cup in Russia, his thirty-first year. Although he is still in good form and has not seen his impressive appearance drop, the logic of football is that what remains of his career is lower than what has happened.