Lionel Messi out for up to eight weeks with hamstring tear

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Barcelona's Lionel Messi tore his left hamstring against Real Betis and will be sidelined for up to eight weeks. 
Photograph: Julio Munoz/EPA
Lionel Messi has been ruled out for the next six to eight weeks with a hamstring tear, Barcelona have revealed.
The Argentina forward was forced off after less than half-an-hour of Sunday's match against Real Betis after pulling up with a muscle problem in his left leg.
The Spanish club announced the news via its Twitter feed on Monday following scans. Messi will miss his country's forthcoming friendlies with Ecuador and Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the problem.


A Barca statement read: "According to the club's medical services, the tests taken on Monday morning by Leo Messi have confirmed that the player has suffered a torn muscle in the femoral biceps of his left leg. The approximate time he will be out is between six and eight weeks. The first part of his recovery will take place in Barcelona and the second, in Buenos Aires."
Barça are also due to check on Cesc Fábregas after the midfielder was also replaced, despite scoring twice in the 4-1 win, with a knee problem.
After the game Fábregas said: "I had already felt something against Milan. I started well today, but felt something again so I preferred to stop. I had an injury there three years ago."
The injury will rule Messi out of both of Argentina's upcoming friendlies against Ecuador and Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as up to eight matches for Barça.
If he is not available again before the end of the year, Messi would sit out four Primera Division matches, the Champions League matches against Ajax and Celtic, and both legs of the Copa del Rey last-32 tie against Cartagena.
The world player of the year, 26, has suffered from hamstring issues in the past, including twice already this season having also damaged the left one in the first leg of the Spanish Super Copa and then the right one at the end of September. He was out of action for a week the first time and for three weeks the second.
His team-mate Cesc Fàbregas, who experienced similar problems while at Arsenal, has urged Messi not to try to rush his recovery.
"He needs to take as much time as he needs, to recover and get back to his level. We need him at his best," he said.
"I had something similar at Arsenal. You think you're OK, but you're not.
"I had this injury, I wasn't right for up to a year and half, it's a really frustrating injury. You need to take whatever time you need because if you don't it won't heal properly," he told Canal Plus.
Fabregas picked up a knee injury in the victory over Betis and will be sidelined for seven days.
He will be replaced in the Spain squad for the friendlies against Equatorial Guinea and South Africa by his Barça team-mate Marc Bartra.

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