MADRID: Lionel Messi started and played 45 minutes in Barcelona’s first pre-season friendly on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as Ronald Koeman showed no hesitation in reintegrating the Argentinian.
Barca beat third tier side Gimnastic Tarragona, 3-1, with Ousmane Dembele opening the scoring on his first appearance since November.
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