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Brief team news ahead of Wednesday's Champions League ties, with Adriano set to partner Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front for Internazionale in their clash with Werder Bremen.

Group B:

Anorthosis Famagusta v Panathinaikos

Anorthosis boss Temuri Ketsbaia has no new injury concerns heading into the game and will send out a team which boats the experienced Savio, who has already tasted success in the competition with Real Madrid.

Henk Ten Cate is still without captain Giorgios Karagounis after the Greek international picked up an injury in the opening Group B game against Internazionale. Young Sotiris Ninis and Giannis Gomas have been recalled to the squad and could play some part but Swedish international Mikael Nilsson and Croatian forward Ante Rukavina are missing.

Internazionale v Werder Bremen

Adriano is set to partner Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front for the Nerazzurri, although Luis Figo (foot) and Luis Jimenez (thigh) are out.

With Daniel Jensen (Achilles) and Frank Baumann (cold) both returning to training, Werder boss Thomas Schaaf almost has a full squad of players to choose from - including Claudio Pizarro, who comes up against his former coach Jose Mourinho. Martin Harnik is doubtful with a cold, and striker Hugo Almeida is the only definite absence (back).

Group C:

Sporting v Basel

Sporting boss Paulo Bento has injury worries ahead of his 20th European game in charge of the Lisbon outfit - club record. Marco Caneira has a stomach muscle strain and midfielder Marat Izmailov has yet to fully recover from a knee sprain. But Leandro Romagnoli is expected to return from a thigh injury and Liedson may play a part following knee surgery.

Visitors Basle could be missing Serbian midfielder Ivan Ergic who has not played since injuring himself in a World Cup qualifier against France in September. "I still feel pain," he admitted. "We will see on Tuesday."

Shakhtar v Barcelona

Shakhtar team news to follow.

The only change to the Barcelona squad which beat Espanyol is the return of defender Martin Caceres. Sylvinho, Victor Sanchez and Albert Jorquera are all omitted while Alexander Hleb and Gabriel Milito are injured.

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