Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola has announced a list of 20 players for the first home game of the season against Racing Santander tomorrow.
The list:
Valdés, Pinto,
Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal, Sylvinho,
Touré, Keita, Gudjohnsen, Xavi, Iniesta, Victor Sánchez, Busquets, Hleb
Eto'o, Messi, Henry, Bojan, Pedro
Although Messi only returned today from international duty, he has been included in the list. Márquez, who also arrived today, was not included, like was Cáceres who still didn't touch ground (read more here).
Barcelona Athlètic midfielder Sergi Busquets, who has been training with the first team over the last three days (read more here), is amongst the twenty players. Jorquera and Milito are not available because of injuries. Two players will still have to be excluded from this list.
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i guess those two to be excluded will be Victor Sánchez and Busquets and im looking forward to see pique in action.
i just hope the team will be playing much much more better than the first match of the league..
com´on guys !!
Wouldn't it be better to get a defender from Barça B? With Marquez and Caceres (and Milito) not there, we're pretty short at the back, while in midfield we don't really have a lack of players...
Anyway: this must be three points otherwise it's already a serious crisis after two games!
I must say Fuc k you maradona.
Man, hope Messi made it out alive. He's in one of those crazy Barcelona taxis. It takes a LOT to make me nervous in a car, and let's just say we do a lot of walking while in Barcelona. Those guys are nuts!
Maradona had a few good points in his Messi comments. They echo those made by the Argentine national coach, as well. Messi is a great player, but he isn't perfect....yet.
I think taxi drivers all over the world are a little nuts. Nice to see that he still takes a cab and doesn't order a limo. I can't see Cristiano Ronaldo or Ronaldinho take a cab like that actually.
I think Maradona is just scared that the impossible thing is happening: that there will be an Argentinian player that will become bigger than he was.
Plus: Aguero is his son in law so guess he tends to favour him by pointing at Messi when something goes wrong.
But as we all now: Maradona was excellent in playing football but talking about it is something else. Who actually cares abou what Maradona is saying about football-related (or any other) issues? Outside Argentina that is.
Messi shrugged off the comments telling the Spanish press on his return: "Diego always has something to say about me. It doesn't mean a thing."
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And I expect him to start on the bench and play only if need be!
what did maradonna say?
That Messi is too selfish.
You're right, djoef. But there's something about going the wrong way up Avenue Diagonal for about a block that makes a man wonder a) what the Catalan analog to "Holy shit!" is and b) resolve to get a hotel closer to the Camp Nou next visit (which I did. The Spa Senator is highly recommended. 5 min walk from the Camp Nou. Just don't mind the post-match night travestis plying their....um....wares around the stadium.
Maradona has the same complexities that other ex-athletes have: The belief that because they were good, everyone cares about what they have to say. Formula One has it the worst, with folks such as Damon Hill, Jackie Stewart and the like making pronouncements, as if they have any idea about the modern sport.
My favorite story is when Niki Lauda said "A monkey can drive a modern F1 car." Then he got in the Jaguar that year, and couldn't even complete a lap without looping the car 3 or 4 times. Eeek! Eeek. Where's my damn banana?
Plus, Maradona gets his name in the paper when he criticizes Messi.
The post-match ones are the decent ones...
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