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25.04.2008 12:38
Rests for Xavi, Messi and Eto'o
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The three players will not travel to La Coruña, it having been decided it would be better for them to stay in Barcelona to prepare for the game with Manchester United. Iniesta and Milito also miss the game through suspension.
Frank Rijkaard has decided not to select any of Xavi, Messi and Eto'o for this weekend’s clash with Deportivo de La Coruña. The players will all miss the Riazor game, and concentrate instead on the trip to Manchester.
No Milito or Iniesta
Gaby Milito and Andrés Iniesta are also out of the
travelling party because they both received their fifth yellow cards of the season last week
against Espanyol and are suspended.
The players that come in after missing the game with Manchester United are Puyol, Ezquerro, Edmílson, Oleguer and Barça B’s Pedrito.
Behind closed doors
The first team trained behind closed doors on Friday at the
Camp Nou, in a session which involved Barça B’s Víctor Sánchez and Víctor Espasandín. The two
players trained with Rijkaard because they are both suspended for this weekend’s league game
with Masnou.
The squad
The full list is made up of Valdés, Pinto, Puyol, Henry, Deco, Márquez, Touré, Abidal, Zambrotta, Thuram, Gudjohnsen, Sylvinho, Ezquerro, Edmílson, Oleguer, Bojan, Giovani and Pedrito.
