Star players in high demand by National Teams.



Barcelona's team stars will be on very important duties for their various national teams this coming weekend, as their countries have hinged lots of responsibilies on the skillful bunch of Camp Nou. As amny as thirteen players will be absent from the camp as they fly to different destinations to execute victory, with the majority playing in the Euro Qualifiers.


The full list of players shortlisted for international engagements are:


Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol( Spain), Deco(Portugal), Gio(Holland), Ronaldinho and Edmílson,(Brazil), Thuram(France), Zambrotta(Italy), Gudjohnsen(Iceland), Saviola and Messi(Argentina) and Eto’o(Cameroon).





The matches they will be involved in along with their dates include:


1st June

England v Brazil Friendly


2nd June
Belgium v Portugal Qualifying match EURO 2008

Latvia v Spain Qualifying match EURO 2008
South Korea v Holland Friendly

France v Ukraine Qualifying match EURO 2008
Faeroe Islands v Italy Qualifying match EURO 2008

Iceland v Liechtenstein Qualifying match EURO 2008
Switzerland v Argentina Friendly

Liberia v Cameroon Qualifying match CAF Africa Cup 2008


5th June
Turkey v Brazil Friendly

Kuwait v Portugal Friendly


6th June
Liechtenstein v Spain Qualifying match EURO 2008

France v Georgia Qualifying match EURO 2008
Lithuania v Italy Qualifying match EURO 2008

Sweden v Iceland Qualifying match EURO 2008


This shows that in all the matches, 9 are in the EURO 2008 Qualifiers and 1 for the CAF (African) qualifiers. The remaining are mostly friendlies but involving top flight action.