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Barça face first big test without Messi

Barça lead their Champions League group after two victories out of two in the group stage, having thumped PSV 4-0 at the Camp Nou and then won 4-2 against Tottenham at Wembley in Valverde’s best game of the season so far. Of those eight goals, Leo Messi scored five, a fact that perfectly exemplifies the Argentine’s importance to the team. And today sees the first test without him after he fractured his arm against Sevilla, Barça disputing leadership of the group with Inter at the Camp Nou tonight.

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