La Liga launches virus probe after Messi’s Barca party

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Spain’s La Liga is investigating whether a party organized by Barcelona players at their captain Lionel Messi’s home broke COVID-19 protocol.

“We’re looking into it,” La Liga sources told AFP on Tuesday.

Monday’s meal brought together Barca players, some accompanied by their partners, at the Argentinian star’s house, despite social distancing rules in the Catalonian capital outlawing groups of more than six to meet in private.

The party may constitute “a possible breach of COVID-19 protocols,” the source suggested.

The purpose of the get-together according to local media was to give the team a morale boost ahead of the season run-in, with Messi’s double in Sunday’s 3-2 wi…

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