There was no love lost between the Barcelona soccer club and the Argentina Olympic team over the past month, as each side fought to have super-star Lionel Messi on its team.Now, the Olympics are over and Messi has returned to Barcelona with a gold medal around his neck.According to Goal, the Barcelona team is not actually in Spain right now, but has traveled to Poland to face Wisla Krakow in the second part of the Champions League Qualifier.It was these very qualifying games that Barcelona was so reluctant to have Messi miss.Still, instead of rushing him out to play, they are giving him some time to train and recover from the Olympics before the La Liga begins.

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Star Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi has been in the middle of a controversy about whether Barcelona will release him to play in the Olympics for Argentina this August.According to FIFA rules, soccer clubs must release all under-23 players who wish to play in the Olympics for their native country.However, Barcelona has been resisting because they feel they need Messi during that time to play in Champions League qualifier matches.So the pressure is on Messi to decide whether he wants to play for Argentina in the Olympics, as Argentina Olympic coach Sergio Batista says he does, or whether he will decide to stay with Barcelona for the important qualifier matches.

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