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Lionel Messi pushing hard to recover from calf injury to be fit for Barcelona's La Liga opener at Athletic Bilbao
Argentine striker misses emphatic pre-season win over Napoli as he looks to recover from calf tear
Graham Caygill
August 11, 2019
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