10.04.2011 12:34

Squad of 20 for Donetsk

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Josep Guardiola has called up all available first team players, plus Thiago, Oier and Dos Santos for Tuesday's game against Shakhtar, in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Despite the 5-1 win in the first leg of this Champions League quarterfinal, and as he said in the press conference after the game at the Camp Nou against Shakhtar Donetsk, Guardiola doesn’t believe the tie is won already. It’s for this reason, despite being only a few days away from the “classic” in Madrid on Saturday, that he’s decided to travel with all first team players available, as well as reinforcements from the B Team.

Valdes and Busquets return; Dos Santos the novelty

The differences in this squad from the last one against Almeria, are the return of Victor Valdes and Sergio Busquets, who didn’t play on Saturday due to suspension, as well as the young player from Barça B, Jonathan Dos Santos.

Travelling with 3 goalkeepers, but without Iniesta

The absentees are the injured Puyol and Bojan, who on Saturday suffered a partial rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that will keep him sidelined for between six to eight weeks, plus Abidal, and also Iniesta, suspended for accumulation of yellow cards. Barça will travel with three goalkeepers - Valdes, Pinto and Oier probably because Pinto, despite playing against Almeria, is still suffering with his left ankle sprain.

Recovery work for last night’s team

As usual the day after a game, the players who played against Almeria completed a light recovery session at the Joan Gamper training ground, to help them recover from last night’s effort. Puyol, Abidal and Bojan, meanwhile, received treatment. In addition, nine reserve team players took part in the training session: Thiago Oier, Miño, Saul, Tello, Planas, Benja, Ilie and Armando.