Lionel Messi misses Barcelona match for 'personal reasons'

Updated 10/03/2018 at 10:47 GMT

Lionel Messi was a late withdrawal for Barcelona’s Liga clash with Malaga due to unspecified “personal reasons”.

Lionel Messi vom FC Barcelona.

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