Ibra has been out of training, but he will be ready for the next match. His injury is not too serious iinm.

El Mundo Deportivo report that Ibra complained about a feeling of discomfort in his ischiotibial muscle and may miss the Inter match and El Clasico

for those know about Catalan history, they will now why Dalai Lama was presented with a team scarf of FC Barcelona



This post has been edited by faris21: Nov 19 2009, 09:39 PM

toure diagnose and conform suffer from h1n1.. so he wont be available vs bilbao match

bad news:
ibra,abidal, toure are all out

good news:
keita could be available so is henry..

jonathon ds has been called up to the first team squad , let see what he can do, although i think he probably just goin to warm up the bench

#just hope ibra goin to be fit against inter n madrid respectively, especially inter where its a must win game for us...

aiyo how come he can get H1N1, we have crucial month now, 10 game in 30 day, long journey to World Club Cup + UCL must win match + Clasico

draw..
1-1

hopefully messi ok, cannot afford another injury

Erm..
Pep didnt have a good feeling about Messi. Could be in doubt even for El Classico.

From Marca.
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y...l&sl=auto&tl=en

And i seriously think this H1N1 is blowing out of proportions.
I was a victim and i only spent 1 week in Sungai Buloh before being discharged. More boredom than sick actually in there.

actually not only toure, rafa n abidal was also reported infected

as for messi, just hav to wait for the official report...maybe we should send him to belgrade

LOL, I woke up and turn on the PC, just to read that Messi joins Ibra in the 'doubtful' list for el classico. That's great. No la, don't need to go to Belgrade. We may try seeking for help from the witch doctor who cursed CR Maybe he has white magic spell as well.

I think we will still dominate Inter and RM with those casualties. What worries me is our ability to score. Without Messi and Ibra, our attack is severely handicapped.

About the Athletic match, I think we deserve to win the match. Messi and Xavi should rue all easy chances that they missed. But credit to Athletic for putting up a good fight. And I think Chyggy did good as well. IINM, in 3 occasions did he show his passing prowess, setting up Pedro and Messi.

its conform already, messi wont be available for the match against inter...
witch doctor or what method available, we need messi for the el classico

Chyggy on the other hand..i dont know, is it me or what, he seem to be slower and not quite mobile for a defender that cost us around 25m..the way he playing quite worrisome, especially when he up against speedy player..

This post has been edited by ELm_ELm: Nov 22 2009, 03:08 PM

we have critical moment now, play without two main striker is not good, let hope Bojan and Pedrito can deliver, look like Pep need push Iniesta up front and put Henry in the middle, i think this formation already good enough to get three point from Inter, last night they play without Sneijder (i think he become most dangerous player in Inter squad)

---------Valdes-------------
Dani-Pique-Puyol-Maxwell
-----------Busi--------------
-----Xavi-------Keita-------
-Pedro-------------Iniesta-
-----------Henry------------

You have to realize that Pique is actually slow as well. It is not necessary for Barca's CB to have pace in abundance. They must know however how to defend the Barca way. When to close down, when to tackle, when to back down, when to cover for partner. They have to be really decisive and intelligent enough, because the zone that they mark is really huge. CBs of other teams on the other hand tends to defend man-to-man marking style and very rarely close down opponents (it is usually job of a DM).

IMHO, had we bought world class CB like Vidic, Terry, Lucio, or Samuel, we would still have problems. Only Nesta is good enough to fit into our team and perform straight away for us.

The bad thing is, Iniesta currently was in really really bad form on the left wing against Athletic. Pep should be concerned about that, and has to consider starting Bojan instead of playing Keita. But I believe he will still go for the line up you mentioned. He really likes Keita.

Best of luck tonight boys.
Ibra is confirm available. While Messi will fill up the bench.

Checkout this funny game http://amirariff.com/games/thierry-henry-h...all-flash-game/

No offense to Henry though, and the media really pressuring him nowadays

Thx. It is really a do-or-die mission for us. If we fail to win, our fate will be out of our hands. Really the worst situation to be in

Good luck for your team too.

I've already played that game. I only won 48-1. Used hand should score at least 60 la

Yea, you are right about the media, and they conveniently forget about Given's foul on Anelka which should have resulted in France's penalty. Very biased. Biasa la tu...

guys..is today barcelona vs inter milan??

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Added on November 25, 2009, 3:58 am1-0 10min pique score

This post has been edited by angel-face: Nov 25 2009, 03:58 AM

1st half 2-0.
barca's best game so far this season..

just a small goal highlights from today's games.

fantastic gameplay, we win with style without Ibra and Messi
Pedro goal just awesome, nice one touch move by everybody

I cried watching you guys play with flair.
lol. Well not literally of course.
And again, we tried hard to break your players legs. Apologies.

Sorry but i find it extremely funny that even with the pull, Pique still scored.