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I heard Henry and Oleguer won't travel with Barca to Lyon. 7/4 on Lyon might be a good shout as I think Barca have done their hard work already in the group.
Interesting to hear more views on Stuttgart. I've notice they've picked up some form recently. |
disagree ! thats a clear diffrent class btwn Barca and lyon , i heard about that too but as we know Barca is a vey unpredictable team , henry wont travel but Ronaldinho positive in lines up
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Barcelona will miss Thierry Henry through injury for Tuesday's Champions League game away to French champions Olympique Lyon, from which the Spanish side need just a draw to make sure of reaching the knockout stages.
The France striker, suffering from back and groin pains, should be replaced by promising teenage forward Bojan Krkic.
Brazil forward Ronaldinho is back in the Barcelona squad after pulling out of Saturday's Primera Liga match against Recreativo Huelva, which the side went on to win 3-0 in the Nou Camp.
The club said he had been suffering from excessive fatigue and that it had been a mutual decision between the player, medical team and coaching staff to rest him.
Captain and centre back Carles Puyol has recovered from a blow to the ribs that forced him to be substituted against Recreativo and was included along with France defender Lilian Thuram, who was left out on Saturday.
Lyon, needing a win to keep alive their hopes of making the last 16, might have to make do without Karim Benzema.
The France forward, who left the pitch on a stretcher in the second half of his side's 2-0 Ligue 1 win at Stade Rennes on Saturday, is nursing a bruised right thigh.
The 19-year-old, Ligue 1's top scorer with 11 goals, is doubtful according to the club's doctor but has not given up hope.
"It still hurts but I will do everything I can to play," Benzema told Reuters. "It's a big match and I want to be part of it."
Lyon are third in Group E, one point behind second-placed Rangers and four adrift of Barcelona, the unbeaten group leaders.
The French side, desperate to make an impact in Europe, had lost their two opening games but revived their hopes with back-to-back wins over German champions VfB Stuttgart.
Lyon now need victories over Barcelona and in Glasgow next month.
"Our fate is in our own hands but Barcelona are certainly not easy opponents," Lyon's Brazil midfielder Juninho told reporters.
"The important thing for us is to give it all we have, to enjoy ourselves and to thrill our fans
Olympique Lyon: 30-Remy Vercoutre; 20-Anthony Reveillere, 29-Sebastien Squillaci, 5-Mathieu Bodmer, 11-Fabio Grosso; 28-Jeremy Toulalan, 8-Juninho, 6-Kim Kallstrom, 14-Sidney Govou, 18-Hatem Ben Arfa; 10-Karim Benzema or 9-Fred.
Barcelona: 1-Victor Valdes; 11-Gianluca Zambrotta, 5-Carles Puyol or 4-Rafael Marquez, 3-Gabriel Milito, 22-Eric Abidal; 8-Andres Iniesta, 24-Yaya Toure, 6-Xavi; 10-Ronaldinho, 19-Lionel Messi, 27-Bojan Krkic