Champions League: Injuries Trouble Barcelona & Rome
The Barcelona and Rome teams are concerned about the injuries, which bring lots of uncertainty to the Champion League quarterfinals, which have a predominant English participation.
The Spaniard team Barcelona has been stroked by defeats at Spain’s local tournament and next Tuesday will play against Germany’s Schalke. Barcelona will not count with Lionel Messi and to Deco due to injuries and both Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho are doubts.
In the Italian side, Roma will not have Francesco Totti who the biggest absence for their next match against Manchester United. Up to this point four English clubs remain present in the tournament: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool but not all they will be able to advance to the semifinals.
The first English clash will have the teams Arsenal and Liverpool, which will take place next Wednesday in the London Emirates stadium. That same day Chelsea will face Fenerbahce, which is the Turkish league leader that has the Brazilian Zico as coach.
On Saturday visitor Real Betis 3-2 defeated Barcelona. This game certainly buried Barcelona’s hopes for the title as it will descent to the third position more less seven points away from the Real Madrid. The day after the match Barcelona’s players were insulted by their supporters, during training, insults such as: “useless” and “shameless”.
The Italian AS Rome drew 1-1 against Cagliari on Saturday and was unable to reduce the gap of points that separates them from the leader Inter in the campaign to obtain the Italian Serie A title.
During the match Totti scored a goal but suffered a tear in his left thigh. Luciano Spalletti, Rome’s coach, regretted Totti’s absence but affirmed he has enormous confidence that the team will rise to the occasion as they have done it in the past when they have not been able to include their captain.
Nevertheless, Barcelona will be able to have the Mexican defender Rafael Márquez, who is fully recovered from a month of inactivity. Another player who will be able to play is the Argentinean Gabriel Military. It is definitely bad timing that Messi and the Portuguese Deco – who are key attack pieces, will not be able to play. Messi who has scored six points is in first position along with Cristiano Ronaldo in the tournament’s scoreboard.
The Cameroonian Eto’ o is still a big question mark for the next game due to a contraction in his left foot…but affirmed he will be part of the list of players on game day: “I play although be with a leg”, he said.
In the meantime, the situation of the Brazilian Ronaldinho is surrounded by mystery. The Brazilian forward has lost the last four games of the local tournament and there are not signs that he has recovered from a pain in his right foot, also the rumors regarding his last days with the club continue to increase.
Schalke, the Barcelona’s rival, did not play well over the weekend. The German team drew with tremendous difficulty and has only obtained three victories in the Bundesliga. The Germans are aware of the fact they are not favorites but they know they can surprise Barcelona.
Manchester United is the favorite to eliminate the Italians as they did during the previous tournament. Now, without Totti, Rome’s attack will depend on Mirko Vucinic, who has scored four goals in the tournament.
Watch the video related to ronaldinho
Ronaldinho finishing off yesterday’s brilliant Barcelona performance by humiliating Cygan with some back-flip trickery. It’s been upped before but I thought it deserved English commentators and a lil bit more of the buildup. Enjoy!
Help answer the question about ronaldinho
Who wants Ronaldinho to stay and who wants him to leave Barcelona?PLEASE gIVE A REASON!!!!
(I want him to stay 'cause in my opinion, Ronaldinho is entertaining and even on a bad day he is better than the "good" players)
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he needs help there… but now he has teves and adebayor so u’ll see him shine again..
qual o nome da música ??
haha, just practice.
Yes he is still part of Barcelona but he will most likely be transfered out. AC Milan, Chelsea, and Man City are all in the hunt for his services
VASCOOOO 2010
what the name of this song?
Yes. Because his greedy brother-manager is offering him to the highest bidder.
putz, que saudade desses tempos…
dont forget about them just getting one of serie a leading scorers borriello he is a threat.. i think milan is going to be amazing this year but i support juventus all the way…ronaldinho is overrated
from 2:22, ronaldinho assists robinho, then robinho assists him at the end. robinho is my favourite
só pode ser brazuca mesmo!!
xD
It is hard to really know, he looked like it was headed that way a few years ago. Then he looked like he got lazy and has thrown away a lot of the legacy he could have had. If he stays focused on his game, he will at least stay in the top 5 of modern players.
0:40 a 0:42 no habia visto esa jugada antes ah, lástima que no entrara.
Theres not a chance on earth he will ever be like either player.
If I had to choose I would choose Ronaldinho as Ronaldo spends more time on his tricks & putting on makeup than playing proper football, Ronaldinho also creates chances & uses his tricks to create goals instead of just looking pretty.
Ronaldo always takes the free kicks for United but when does he score?
Ronaldo is a good player but Ronaldinho at his peak made him look average at best, what about Kaka my friend? Or Gerrard, Zidane, Fabregas, Henry, Messi, Rooney???
There are a host of players that leave Ronaldo for dust, football isnt just about looking good watch Kaka glide past people.
I bet your American!
United v Arsenal on Saturday, if you want to see the best club game of football on earth dont miss it!
I was thinking on asking something simular…
I think Ronaldinho is not getting protected like he should from referees, they probably think that he is faking most time and they know how dangerous he is from free-kicks, but sometimes its ridicilous not giving him an obvious foul!!!
if you had the chance,, don't forget to take me with you..lol
video muito loco ea Musica tbm e Style
copa america, i believe.