PSG and Argentina World Cup winner Lionel Messi is pushing to play the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League against Bayern Munich .
The Argentine, after finishing the last Cup game with discomfort, underwent some tests that revealed an overload in the hamstrings,van ailment that will prevent him from playing the next La Liga match against Monaco , but from which Messi and Barcelona hope he will recover for before the Champions League cracker against the Bavarian giants.
Messi’s recovery is vital for Christophe Galtier who already knows that he is without Mbappé for the clash against the German champions. The Champions League is still little less than an obsession in the Parque de los Príncipes and PSG needs Messi to continue in the fight for the only title that has eluded them so far in their history.
