Int Football - Squads: Puyol out of England clash

Eurosport - Mon, 09 Feb 11:24:00 2009

Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has been ruled out of Spain's international friendly with England.

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The Barcelona defender was replaced with 16 minutes remaining of their 3-1 win over Sporting Gijon at the weekend with a leg injury.

Scans have revealed that Puyol, who only recently recovered from a muscle injury, is set for 10 days on the sidelines.

Euro 2008 winners Spain tackle England in Seville, and Puyol's absence could hand Barca team-mate Gerard Pique an opportunity to land his first cap for his country.

Spain squad for February 11 friendly against England:

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool); Raul Albiol (Valencia), Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Juanito (Real Betis), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona); David Silva (Valencia), Xabi Alonso, Albert Riera (both Liverpool), Santi Cazorla (Villarreal), Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Andres Iniesta (all Barcelona), Marcos Senna (Villarreal); David Villa (Valencia), Daniel Guiza (Fenerbahce), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao).

Italy squad for February 10 friendly against Brazil:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray); Daniele Bonera (Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan); Alberto Aquilani (Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Simone Perrotta (Roma), Andrea Pirlo (Milan); Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)

Netherlands squad for February 11 friendly against Tunisia:

Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (Feyenoord); John Heitinga (Atletico Madrid), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg), Dirk Marcellis (PSV Eindhoven), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers), Edson Braafheid (Twente Enschede), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax); Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven), Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid), Demy de Zeeuw (AZ Alkmaar), Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid), Stijn Schaars (AZ Alkmaar), David Mendes da Silva (AZ Alkmaar); Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Real Madrid), Arjen Robben (Real Madrid)

Germany squad for February 11 friendly against Norway:

Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen); Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Andreas Hinkel (Celtic), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Bremen), Serdar Tasci (VfB Stuttgart), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04); Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Torsten Frings (Bremen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Stuttgart), Marko Marin (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Mesut Oezil (Bremen), Simon Rolfes (Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg); Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Patrick Helmes (Leverkusen), Stefan Kiessling (Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Bayern)

Revised France squad for February 11 friendly against Argentina, including the additions of Mouhamadou Dabo and Jean-Alain Boumsong and withdrawals of Gael Clichy and Julien Escude:

Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Cedric Carrasso (Toulouse); Eric Abidal (Barcelona), William Gallas (Arsenal), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne), Rod Fanni (Rennes), Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon); Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Samir Nasri (Arsenal), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux); Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Jimmy Briand (Rennes)

Argentina squad for February 11 friendly against France:

Juan Pablo Carrizo (Lazio), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar); Javier Zanetti (Internazionale), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Daniel Diaz (Getafe), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter), Walter Samuel (Inter), Marcos Angeleri (Estudiantes), Emiliano Papa (Velez Sarsfield); Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Juan Sebastian Veron (Estudiantes), Daniel Montenegro (Independiente), Cristian Ledesma (San Lorenzo); Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Lisandro Lopez (Porto), German Denis (Napoli), Angel Di Maria (Benfica)

Croatia squad for February 11 friendly against Romania

Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Danijel Subasic (Hajduk Split); Vedran Corluka (Tottenham), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Hrvoje Cale (Trabzonspor), Hrvoje Vejic (Hajduk Split), Ivica Krizanac (Zenit St. Petersburg), Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen); Nikola Pokrivac (Monaco), Luka Modric (Tottenham), Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth), Ivan Juric (Genoa), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev), Ivo Ilicevic (Gruether Fuerth), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Rakitic (Schalke); Eduardo da Silva (Arsenal), Mladen Petric (Hamburg), Ivica Olic (Hamburg), Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split), Mario Mandzukic (Dinamo Zagreb)

Portugal squad for February friendly 11 against Finland:

Daniel Fernandes (Bochum), Eduardo Carvalho (Braga); Bruno Alves (Porto), Goncalo Brandao (Siena), Pepe (Real Madrid), Rolando (Porto), Miguel (Valencia), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea); Deco (Chelsea), Joao Moutinho (Sporting), Maniche (Atletico Madrid), Raul Meireles (Porto), Duda (Malaga), Tiago (Juventus), Eliseu (Malaga); Danny (FC Zenit), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Nani (Manchester United), Orlando Sa (Braga), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

Bulgaria squad for February 11 friendly against Switzerland:

Georgi Petkov (Levski Sofia), Dimitar Ivankov (Bursaspor); Zhivko Milanov (Levski Sofia), Yordan Todorov (CSKA Sofia), Kiril Kotev (CSKA Sofia), Stanislav Manolev (Litex Lovech), Ivaylo Petkov (Litex Lovech), Elin Topuzakov (Apoel Tel Aviv), Iliyan Stoyanov (Sanfreche); Stilian Petrov (Aston Villa), Stanislav Angelov (Energie Cottbus), Velizar Dimitrov (Metalurg Donetsk), Blagoy Georgiev (Terek Groznyi), Dimitar Telkiyski (Apoel Tel Aviv); Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United), Dimitar Rangelov (Energie Cottbus), Valeri Domovchiyski (Hertha Berlin), Ivelin Popov (Litex Lovech)

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  1. 5 Liverpool players in spain team

    From Richard C, on Tue 10 Feb 10:34AM

  2. Well ,Rafa is stupid because he said that Spain's­ squad has more players that play for EPL than La Liga .­ He is such a dumb and forget who he is .

    From badboyz, on Tue 10 Feb 6:50AM

  3. lippis a moron for not inviting del piero

    From saeed, on Mon 9 Feb 4:00PM

  4. Del Piero is class

    From Omar F, on Sun 8 Feb 5:14AM

  5. Why? Del piero was brilliant in napoli game and despite­ his speed isnt as good anymore, he still gives top­ defenders the run around.

    From nezvedz, on Sun 8 Feb 1:30AM

  6. Italy - Brasil : 3:1

    From chessa_roberto, on Sat 7 Feb 6:08PM

  7. Del piero, Totti, Maldini, campioni, me è ora di­ cambiare, Quagliarella fenomeno..

    From chessa_roberto, on Sat 7 Feb 6:07PM

  8. Lets hope there is no repeat of the discracefull­ rascist abuse England players had to put up with on­ their last visit to Spain.
    Mind you Uefa won't act,­ after all its not English fans causing trouble so­ therfore it don't matter!
    Of course im being­ sarcastic!

    From Michael S, on Fri 6 Feb 1:44PM

  9. who cares about these silly friendlies where players­ wont give a monkeys about the result as they playing­ champions league the following week

    From mickyboy, on Fri 6 Feb 7:59AM
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