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Pick Your Barcelona Team
The Blaugrana face a difficult trip to Athletic Bilbao as they prepare for 'El Clasico' next weekend. Goal.com invites you to put yourself in Pep Guardiola's shoes and pick your starting XI...
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| Bet: | Returns: | Barcelona £12.50 | Draw £60.00 | Valencia £110.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Barcelona £12.50 | Draw £57.50 | Valencia £110.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Barcelona £12.50 | Draw £55.00 | Valencia £84.50 |
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Nov 20, 2009 3:51:00 PM
Barcelona are set to resume their Primera Division campaign after the international break by paying a visit to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday evening. Unfortunately for coach Pep Guardiola, he has several problems that he must contend with.
It was announced on Thursday that striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic had aggravated a thigh injury and will definitely miss the trip to San Mames. His condition will be evaluated in the coming days, and it may be that he also misses the midweek clash with Inter.
In addition, Eric Abidal has been sidelined with swine flu, while Yaya Toure is also showing symptoms of the virus. Neither player was able to train on Friday.
In better news for Guardiola, Seydou Keita and Jeffren have both been given a clean bill of health while Thierry Henry trained normally alongside the rest of the squad today.
Guardiola has the following 18 man squad available:
Goalkeepers: Valdes, Pinto
Defenders: Alves, Pique, Marquez, Puyol, Maxwell, Chygrynskiy
Midfielders: Xavi, Iniesta, Keita, Busquets, Jeffren, dos Santos
Forwards: Messi, Bojan, Henry, Pedro
We ask you to leave your choices in the comments feature below using hyphens to separate positions, working from right to left. For example, here is the side that could line up in a4-3-3 formation:
Valdes - Alves, Pique, Puyol, Maxwell - Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta - Messi, Henry, Bojan.
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It was announced on Thursday that striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic had aggravated a thigh injury and will definitely miss the trip to San Mames. His condition will be evaluated in the coming days, and it may be that he also misses the midweek clash with Inter.
In addition, Eric Abidal has been sidelined with swine flu, while Yaya Toure is also showing symptoms of the virus. Neither player was able to train on Friday.
In better news for Guardiola, Seydou Keita and Jeffren have both been given a clean bill of health while Thierry Henry trained normally alongside the rest of the squad today.
Guardiola has the following 18 man squad available:
Goalkeepers: Valdes, Pinto
Defenders: Alves, Pique, Marquez, Puyol, Maxwell, Chygrynskiy
Midfielders: Xavi, Iniesta, Keita, Busquets, Jeffren, dos Santos
Forwards: Messi, Bojan, Henry, Pedro
We ask you to leave your choices in the comments feature below using hyphens to separate positions, working from right to left. For example, here is the side that could line up in a
Valdes - Alves, Pique, Puyol, Maxwell - Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta - Messi, Henry, Bojan.
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