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08.04.2008 21:00
Same squad again for Rijkaard
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Frank Rijkaard has named the same squad of players for the game against Schalke 04 as he did for the first leg and the league encounter with Getafe.
The Dutch coach has called up every player that is fit to appear, apart from Santi Ezquerro, for the second leg of the Champions League quarter final against the German side in Camp Nou on Wednesday evening. The Blaugrana have a 1-0 advantage from the first game after Bojan Krkic scored in Gelsenkirchen.
Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Deco, Oleguer and Albert Jorquera are the players missing through injury.
Messi joins in
Barça trained on Tuesday night in Camp Nou and, as usual
before a Champions League game, the session was watched by the public for the first 15 minutes
before the rest was conducted behind closed doors. Messi warmed up with his team-mates even though
he will not be available.
After training, the squad went back to their hotel to continue preparing for the game.
The squad
Valdés, Pinto, Thuram, Zambrotta, Puyol, Milito, Márquez, Abidal, Sylvinho, Edmílson, Touré Yaya,
Xavi, Iniesta, Gudjohnsen, Eto'o, Henry, Bojan, Giovani.
