Lionel Messi is expected to start from the bench as Barcelona travel to Getafe in the Copa del Rey.
The forward only returned from injury a week earlier in the first-leg meeting between the sides, coming on as a substitute and scoring twice in a 4-0 win.
Coach Tata Martino is said by AS to be thinking of the weekend’s League game at Levante and wants to keep Messi fresh for that fixture, considering his recent comeback from a lengthy lay-off.
The plan is to give Messi some minutes in the second-half as against Getafe a week ago and Atletico Madrid at the weekend, the newspaper adds.
Martino practiced with a likely starting XI in training on Tuesday and it is predicted that Neymar could start the match, having recovered from gastroenteritis.
