Barcelona - Camp Nou Wednesday kickoff 20:45 Barcelona / 2:45pm U.S. eastern Group E Barcelona .... 11 points Rangers ......... 7 Lyon .............. 7 Stuttgart ....... 3 VfB Stuttgart -- Currently 8th in the German Bundesliga with 25 points from 15 matches, 10 points behind leaders Bayern Munich. -- Defeated VfL Wolfsburg at home 3:1 on Saturday. -- Recent Liga form: WWWWLW -- Form in all competitions: LWWWLW -- Leading scorer is Mario Gomez with 7 Liga goals, 11 goals total in all competitions. Lionel Messi and Touré Yaya are each on two bookings and would miss the Round of 16, 1st leg tie if they get booked in this match.
Barca B players Yeah, it looks like Rijkaard can only choose from the players listed on the UEFA website. Would like to see Crosas start.
Re: Barca B players Yeah, good job buddy, keep it up! If I was FR, I wouldn't even risk putting Messi and Toure on! Toure needs the time to recover and Messi could use the rest, we wouldn't want to loose them for the next round!! Give Deco, Bojan, Dos Santos, Guddy, Eto'o Crosas, Santi, Ole and Thuram a game. We should not relax in this game, just because we qualified! We should win this game to boost the confidence of the guys!!
Re: Barca B players I hope Bojan gets some playing time, and hopefully score a goal. That would make him the youngest scorer on UCL history.
The vibe of the Champions League is always exciting to me and getting to watch my favorite team with no pressure is even cooler. I can relax and watch it without hopping up and down on the couch like a mad man for 90 minutes. Also, I don't think Stuttgart has anything to play for...they're out of UEFA Cup consideration.
I agree...I hope he does. This seems like a perfect opportunity to 'open it up' Although, with no pressure and nothing to play for, I don't see why Frank wouldn't play Ronnie, Bojan, and Dos Santos and rest Messi.
Neeskens says this is not a friendly. Lineup from uefa.com... Jorquera Puyol -- Thuram -- Milito -- Sylvinho Marquez Gudjohnsen -- Deco Giovani -- Eto'o -- Ronaldinho Bench: Valdes, Abidal, Touré, Marc Crosas, Iniesta, Xavi, Bojan Messi not in the squad.
Like watching US-South Africa LOL. Hmmm, Guddy and Jorquera starting...I'm taping it for later. I'm gonna watch the Lyon-Rangers match live. Something to play for there. I don't get ManUre-Roma or I'd watch that. Wounded Roman pride and all that should make for a good match.
Re: Neeskens says this is not a friendly. Think its the right decision to play Ronnie. He might feel relaxed enough in this game to have a bit of fun, which he needs. I'm afraid I'll have to watch the Roma game, but I'll be keeping a close eye on this one.
Rijkaard, sitting in the stands serving his one-match touchline ban after being sent off against Lyon. Xavi is starting over Deco.
Gol Stuttgart Great left-footed freekick from 20-25 yards by Antonio Da Silva. More like 30 yards after watching a replay.
FC Barcelona 1-1 VfB Stuttgart Halftime FC Barcelona 1-1 Stuttgart 0-1 : da Silva 3' 1-1 : Giovani 36'