Gerardo "Tata" Martino,
artistic director of Barcelona on Sunday, Summoned all the players available
with the exception of striker Isaac Cuenca prepared to face AC Milan in the
third rounds of the group stage in the Champions League next Tuesday.
Barca held his training today,
after the negative goalless draw Saturday away to Osasuna, losing the first two
points in the Spanish La Liga.
It also is not called Jordi Alba
and Ibrahim Afellay, the only ones among the Barca players who are suffering
from injuries.
It is planned that the Barcelona
players to run training session on Monday at the San Siro stadium, Italy, at
(19:00) after the conference held by Martino and Chilean Alexis Sanchez.
The Martino list includes: Victor
Valdes, Jose Manuel Pinto , Auer Olazabal , Carlos Montoya , Gerard Pique, Cesc
Fabregas, Carles Puyol , Xavi Hernandez , Pedro Rodriguez , Andres Iniesta ,
Alexis Sanchez , Lionel Messi, Neymar , Jonathan dos Santos , Javier Mascherano
, Marc Bartra , Sergio Busquets , Alexandre Song , Tello, Adriano , Dani Alves
and Sergi Roberto.
Barcelona occupies the top of
Group H Champions League with six points, two ahead of Milan. .
Most important games of the week
will be on Tuesday in Group H at the San Siro stadium when AC Milan and
Barcelona meet for the third consecutive season.
The Spanish team won 4-2 on home
and away aggregate in the first knockout round last season as they met in the
group stage in the previous year and a 2-2 draw in Spain and Barcelona won 3-2
in Italy.
As Barcelona beat Milan
seven-times European champions 1 - zero on aggregate in the semi-final in the
2005-2006 season on the way to a second four titles.
The match for Milan Will not
provide only chance of revenge, but also the possibility of exceeding his
Spanish rival in the ranking eighth group spearheaded by Gerardo Martino's team
six points from two games, while Milan comes second with four points.
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