FC Barcelona and Argentine international striker Lionel Messi has got a clear New Year´s 2007 wish: No more injuries!
Wizzkid Leo Messi tols Barcelona based sport newspaper SPORT yesterday:

I have recovered from one injury and suffered another. No player enjoys being unable to play, and even less so, when it is for such a long period. The only thing that I want in the new year is to not go through the same thing again, and to be able to play with confidence and calm.


Messi´s injury misery started with a hamstring injury during the second leg of the Champions League clash against Chelsea at Camp Nou in early March 2006. He was close to return already in April, but had another setback, probably because rushed to early, as well as an ankle problem.
Messi was sent to argentina to recover completely but made it just in time for the World Cup in Germany, but only played more or less a substitute role. The current season started well and it looked that Messi recored completely, but just two months into the current campaign, a fracture of his metarsal bone sidelined him again. Messi is expected to be back in February 2007.