Barça Recuperate Players For Espanyol And Manchester Utd
Thursday, 17 April 08, 05:23 PM · Comments (13)
With important matches against Espanyol and Manchester United in the next seven days it is good to see that many of the players with physical problems are recovering in time. Deco who hasn't played since the start of March looks ready to play after training well for the last three days. He may well start against Espanyol to try and regain match fitness and then be available for the Champions League game.
Henry, Iniesta and Marquez all missed last weekend's game at Recreativo but today trained normally for most of the session and only at the end did they partake in individual exercises along with Milito and Thuram. Frank Rijkaard will need to decide who to play and who to rest against Espanyol with an eye on having the team at its maximum level next Wednesday. The only first team players who are still out injured are Ronaldinho, Oleguer and Jorquera.
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having watched both of yourselves and Man untd play against us (celtic ) this year The Barcelona performance in Glasgow was in a technical and football sense far superior to anything Manchester can offer.
thought you might like this it is a banner from the Celtic supporters pointing to the rangers supporters at Wednesday's game:
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good luck against united
Hey its your old annoyance Titi186 :)
Thanks again for a great site but I was wondering, lately you seem to have 50+ responses for each article you right where everyone voices their own opinions which is great but somtimes I wonder if you would be better off with a forum type website where everything would be a bit more organised into sections?
I know that you already spend a lot of time and effort in maintainnig this site and I am grateful trust me, but perhaps in the long run would you better off turning the site into a forum type site and would it be less/more work involved in the maintenence side of it? And besides you may make a little money in the process with donations and all... :)
Thanks Whitedoghunch - Celtic fans have an excellent sense of humour.
Titi - I recognise it is not always the most organised 'forum'. But at present I like the blog format and have no plans to start a forum. In the future everything is possible and I will keep it in mind as a possible project. Thanks for the input.
I cant believe Ronnie is out against Man U!!
If he does leave at the end of the season, it would be nice to see him play well against Man U as some sort of farewell.
nic dont make this into a forum. i hate forum set ups, this is far far better.
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Let play the starters against Manchester during the first half against Espanyol and then sub accordingly to save energy. Thus Messi, Deco and Yaya should have a 60 minute game. Perhaps rest Iniesta all together. I would rest more first team players but I think regaining confidence is more important at this moment.
11 vs Espanol
Bojan Eto'o Messi
Xavi Deco
Yaya
Abidal Milito Puyol Zambrotta
V.V.
A bit off topic Nic, but fyi I directed someone from SP to the site yesterday. You never know, but the more you post, the more people will visit the site ;-). I love coming here and reading your articles, and getting a lot of info that major other news conglomerates miss out on about the team. Great stuff! =)