Barca look to ricochet back against Celtic

Barcelona, Espana Barcelona’s 15-match unconquered tally came up to an disconnected terminal with a 4-2 away defeat against Atletico Capital of Spain on Sat and they must today reorganize for their Champions League home match against Celtic on Tuesday.

Messi was only enquired to act for 33 minutes in Saturday’s defeat at Atletico Spanish capital.

Barca have a 3-2 advantage from the first leg and are today slipped up after their Primera Liga reversal, that goes away them five points adrift of leadership Existent Capital of Spain.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard expressed: I do not conceive that defeat will touch on our next secret plan. We cognize we made not play good but today we’ve acquired to get ready for the Holders League match.”

Rijkaard got frugal us of Argentine winger Lionel Messi, getting him on the terrace and only delivery him on for 33 minutes against Atletico as a replacing for Thierry Henry.

“I spoke to the medical staff and they proposed some players were in risk of acquiring a stress,” explicated Rijkaard,.

Messi is anticipated to set out on Tues in place of out-of-touch William Henry, with former Existence Participant of the Twelvemonth Ronaldinho likely to maintain his place in the forward line of reasoning after being one of the few to move in Capital of Spain.

The former modification to the squad that travelled down to Atletico is likely to be in midfield, with Yaha Toure belike replacement Edmilson.

Celtic, the first British team to elevate the European Cup, in 1967, have not afforded up desiring that they can come on to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1980.

“We travelling to Barcelona with a full impression, with authority. We’re still live and I hope we have a full secret plan. Thing could change apace if we get an early end,” expressed Celtic managing director Gordon Strachan.

The players are naturalistic. “Acquiring through would be one of the best results in the club’s story, regarding the resistance we are up against,” mused Celtic midfielder Aiden McGeady on Lord.

“Barcelona do not have one or two world family players, they have six or seven. To get through would be incredible as we are playacting against one of the best teams in the world.

“They (Barcelona) trod up a cogwheel at Celtic Park and it was very rugged to get the musket ball off them. But hopefully it will be dissimilar in the Nou Camp and we can get a spot of ownership and get up the parkland,” supplied one of the young stars of Scottish football game.

Strachan has respective fittingness worries.

January Vennegoor of Hesselink is tranquilized struggling with a sore hamstring and Keys could start in place of the Dutch hitter as a better half to George C McDonald up front end.

Midfielder Scott Brown, who was debarred for the first leg, held fosterred jobs with his mortise joint harm against Hibernian but endured the class.

Strachan thinks Brown could play against Barcelona.

“Brown was antic (against Hibernian). At half-time I idea there was no chance of him moving on once more. But he was dictated, he was wild and acquired deposited in,” appended Strachan on Dominicus.

June 22, 2008 · Filed Under Football

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