Tuesday 23 December 2008

International: Four players called up for Catalonia

Barcelona players Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets and Bojan Krkic have been called-up to play with the Catalan national team against Colombia on Sunday 28 December.

Víctor Valdés, Xavi Hernández and Albert Jorquera will for different reasons not take part in the game. Busquets could make his debut with Catalonia.

Former Barcelona players Joan Verdú (25, Deportivo La Coruña), Marc Crosas (20, Celtic Glasgow), Jordi Alba (19, Gimnàstic Tarragona), Sergio García (25, Betis Sevilla) and Damià Abella (26, Betis Sevilla) are also included in the list.

In May of the year, the Catalan national team played their last game. The team was defeated 0-1 by Argentina. Current Barcelona players Víctor Valdés and Gerard Piqué took part in that game.


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