Both main Catalan sports papers, Sport and El Mundo Deportivo, claim that the more experienced players will return to the starting eleven for the first match of the Champions League group stage against Sporting Lisbon.
With one doubt remaining, this would be the team that will start the game tomorrow night:
-------------Valdés
Alves-Márquez-Puyol-Abidal
------------Touré (or Keita)
-------Xavi-------Iniesta
Messi------Eto'o------Henry
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I have no problem with that lineup. That is what we should have started with against Racing and we would probably have 4 points if we did.
thats the barca best 11 this year, you can swap milito with marquez once he is fit,i know they cant play in every game but they should play at the start in order to get a healthy league advantage ,later pep can rest them
I'm worried about Touré. He wants and should always play. Don't mess with your players!
etoo and henry together proves not worth it, leave etoo on the bench give henry a chance
And please let Sylvinho play instead of Abidal. Abi is a real disappointment.
sylvinho for abidal and toure for keita sub bojan for henry in the 65th min
FORZA BARZA
same as above
ditto...
i would love to see this:
Valdes
Alves-Puyol-Piqué-Sylvinho
Busquets-Touré
Xavi-Iniesta
Messi-Eto'o
Henry, Márquez, Cáceres and Sylvinho are back in the squad for Barça’s Champions League clash with Sporting Lisbon. Abidal, Sergio Busquets and Víctor Sánchez have all been left out.
So Sylvinho will play
Could it be true? Balotelli was on trial with barcelona before he signed to inter, barcelona didnt c him worth a contract? how ironic…
ramzi
Almost correct, but Barcelona offered Balotelli a contract but his brothers/friends said Barca wasn't the right team for him and then came Inter. The rest is history...
marcus, thanx for the info, its a big loss, but it happen.
Regarding Balotelli he would be the perfect number 9 for Barca to throw in when we need to change how the team are playing. He is also very young and will probably be one of the best strikers in the world in a couple of years.
We need no Balotelli when we have a Bojan!
mes que en club
The Sylvinho inclusion worries me. My mom can outrun him at this point. He has better offense than Abidal, but is a weaker, slower defender.
I'd also like to see Caceres or Pique instead of Marquez. Puyol and Marquez aren't fast enough to cover for the holes that might develop on the counter from Alves' excursions. Then chaos ensues. Nor is Sylvinho fast enough to cover for the guys who drift over.
I'd also like to see Henry and Eto'o as a true dual striker tandem, rather than Eto'o as his usual roaming self and Henry on left wing. He, Messi and Eto'o crash the box, taking feeds from Xavi and Iniesta. Yaya is the preferred DM for this lineup because of his rigid midfield control
Still not sure why everyone is so down on Abidal. He makes a gaffe or two, but so does Puyol. Abidal runs his heart out and would die for the side. He had a very strong match against Santander.
Agree with Kxevin , u need a sylvinho to attack when u have a Oleguer on the right side, Alves will attack as usual so does sylvinho, who the hack is going to make the deffence, hope PEP knows it otherwise we are in a deep shit.I would not cause so much drama as the team is playin prety well except a bit of luck is needed. barca will possibly take three points at the back . And an opinion of mine regarding the formations, i do not think Etoo and Henry have an understanding between each other, they are great strikers who can not work together,
visca el barca
with sylvinho in the lineup we can expect holes at the back, not becuz he is not a good defender but rather becuz he is very offensive. with alves playing more as a winger than as a defender we will be left with too few at the back if lisbon counterattacks. i hope yaya or keita keeps their concentration high becuz there will be a lot of work for them against lisbon.
also i agree with caceres in for marquez. he doesnt have much experience but he is damn quik. he can cover for puyol's frequent mistakes.
i would want henry and eto to swap places every now and then.
i think barca will win becuz the performances are getting better. with less badluck we'll win.
I prefer to keep the experiences Marquez payol and have caceres on the left to act as a third CB when the team go forward, that will be a better compromise between marquez CL experience, and Caceres Pace.
Alves played a good game against racing because Abidal gave him no reasons to defend, but I have been defending abidal so much that I started to get sick of it:)
Counter attacks against sporting will be a big threat, I just hope the players start to understand that tactical fouls to stop the game are not a shame.
I need to c more one touch game and more shooting from outside the area, I think it will be good that eto, henry and messi switch places during the game rather than picking a seat to sit.
abidal wont play,,it says on barca's official homepage.....THANK GOD!!! NOT LIKE SYLVHINO IS ANY BETTER ,,,BUT HEY ANYTHING GOES//
Y the hell isnt guddie playin at all?!?!?!?!?!?! PEP U SHUD HAVE SOLD HIM IF URE NOT GONA USE HIM!!!! ARRGGHH!!!!!!
...thanks pep,for not giving me the chance to post my thaughts...
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