MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona striker Lionel Messi suffered a first-half injury to Sevilla on Saturday in the Spanish league after falling to his side, a week before the Real Madrid clash.
Messi passed a crucial ball to Brazilian team mate Philippe Coutinho who opened the scoring 2, before the world's best player scored 5 times in turn.
The "flea" was injured in the hand after falling after contact with one of the opponents of the team (17).
He remained on the ground writhing from pain and then underwent treatment on the pitch before his replacement Ernesto Valverde replaced him with Frenchman Osman Dembili in the 26th minute.
