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Pick Your Barcelona Team Against Osasuna
Pep Guardiola has one star back and will need him against Osasuna.
Oct 30, 2009 9:09:52 AM
Barcelona restored their confidence last weekend with a thumping win against Real Zaragoza and have been boosted ahead of the trip to Osasuna by the news that Thierry Henry is fit.
The French international is named in the party to travel to Pamplona for the game on Saturday after missing the last four matches through injury.
Having worked on the training ground away from the first team squad, Henry was able to return this week just over two weeks since suffering a slight muscle tear while on World Cup duty.
Six other first team players are back in the squad after sitting out the Copa del Rey trip to Cultural Leonesa in midweek.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta and Xavi have all been named in Guardiola's 19-strong squad for the weekend.
Whether Henry will start remains to be seen, but reports have suggested that Pedro is beginning to rival the former Arsenal star in the coach's affections and could play.
The only players not called upon are the injured duo of Dani Alves and Gaby Milito.
Goalkeepers: Valdes, Pinto
Defenders: Puyol, Pique, Chygrynskiy, Marquez, Abidal, Maxwell
Midfielders: Keita, Toure, Busquets, Iniesta, Jeffren, Xavi
Forwards: Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro, Henry
Make your selection for a starting XI and pop it in the comments box below using semi-colons to separate positions, working from right to left.
Here is our formation in a 4-3-3 line up:
Valdes; Puyol, Chygrynskiy, Pique, Abidal; Xavi, Toure, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
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The French international is named in the party to travel to Pamplona for the game on Saturday after missing the last four matches through injury.
Having worked on the training ground away from the first team squad, Henry was able to return this week just over two weeks since suffering a slight muscle tear while on World Cup duty.
Six other first team players are back in the squad after sitting out the Copa del Rey trip to Cultural Leonesa in midweek.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta and Xavi have all been named in Guardiola's 19-strong squad for the weekend.
Whether Henry will start remains to be seen, but reports have suggested that Pedro is beginning to rival the former Arsenal star in the coach's affections and could play.
The only players not called upon are the injured duo of Dani Alves and Gaby Milito.
Goalkeepers: Valdes, Pinto
Defenders: Puyol, Pique, Chygrynskiy, Marquez, Abidal, Maxwell
Midfielders: Keita, Toure, Busquets, Iniesta, Jeffren, Xavi
Forwards: Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro, Henry
Make your selection for a starting XI and pop it in the comments box below using semi-colons to separate positions, working from right to left.
Here is our formation in a 4-3-3 line up:
Valdes; Puyol, Chygrynskiy, Pique, Abidal; Xavi, Toure, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
Talk all things soccer with the rest of our readers in the Goal.com Forums
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