Thierry Henry Ruled Out Of Barca Trip To Chelsea

Published by djmick on May 4th, 2009

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Thierry Henry will miss Barcelona’s Champions League showdown with Chelsea on Wednesday after being sidelined by a knee injury.

Henry has been ruled out for two weeks after he took a kick from Sergio Ramos in the 6-2 demolition of Real Madrid on Saturday night.

Coach Pep Guardiola has a number of alternative attacking options but is most likely to draft in 18 year old Bojan and retain his favoured 4-3-3 formation.

A bigger worry for Guardiola is who to pair alongside Gerard Pique in his back four.

Carles Puyol is banned, Rafael Marquez has been ruled out for the rest of the season and Gaby Milito is a long-term absentee.

His options include Uruguay international Martin Caceres – the only remaining centre back available – or bring left-back Eric Abidal into the centre with Seydou Keita an option to play at full-back.

One other remaining option is bringing holding midfielder Yaya Toure into the back four.

No matter what formation and personnel he fields, the match will be another footballing spectacle not to be missed, nnless Chelsea sit with 11 men behind the ball as they done in the first leg.

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