Injury continues to plague the Blaugrana as the La Liga enters a decisive stage so early in the season.


Ronaldinho and Deco will still remain out of the squad when Barca file out against Real Murcia tonight. Ronnie still needs some time to recover and so does Deco, who has already started training with the team. Both last played for FC Barcelona in the el clasico on December 23, 2007 and have not featured since then. Recently, team captain Carles Puyol and vice-captain Xavi Hernandez spoke in favour of both players as they wished they will recover soon enough.


Santi Ezquerro and Sylvinho have been drafted to replace Ronaldinho and Deco to make up the squad numbers. Oier Olazabal will also replace injured Albert Jorquera as back-up for Keeper Victor Valdes.


FC Barcelona's coach Rijkaard has named his squad for the encouter and they include:


Goalkeepers: Valdes, Oier.


Defenders: Zambrotta, Puyol, Milito, Abidal, Thuram, Sylvinho.


Midfielders: Xavi, Marquez, Iniesta, Gudjohnsen.


Attackers: Bojan, Eto'o, Henry, Giovani, Ezquerro.


The Barca - Murcia match on January 12, kicks of at 20:00 hours at Camp Nou.

Barca´s French winger Ludevic Giuly and Brazilian/Italian midfielder Thiago Motta have been called up by FC Barcelona coach Frank rijkaard for the trip to Madrid to face Atletico on Sunday. The injured Mexican defender/midfielder Rafa Marquez will not be able to make the journey to Madrid. Rijkaard also left out Javier Saviola, Santi Ezquerro and Sylvinho.


Giuly and Motta both return for Sunday’s showdown at the Vicente Calderon, after missing out on the last La Liga home match against Betis at the Camp Nou. Giuly was left out of the squad a week ago, while Motta was suffering from an abscess in his right leg. The last time Motta appeared for Barca was on March 31 against Deportivo.


Rijkaard decided to leave out two strikers, Javier Saviola and Santi Ezquerro, while left back Sylvinho has also been dropped for the second week in a row.


Here are the player´s that have been called up by FC Barcelona coach Rijkaard and travel to Madrid: Valdés, Jorquera; Oleguer, Belletti, Zambrotta, Thuram, Puyol, Gio; Edmilson, Deco, Xavi, Iniesta, Motta; Messi, Ronaldinho, Giuly, Eto'o and Gudjohnsen.

FC Barcelona´s inspitational forward Ronaldinho has been included in the squad list for "El Clasico" against Real Madrid on Saturday, despite muscular problems in his left leg. The Brazilian superstar will still be a doubt right up until the last minute.


Juliano Belletti, Deco and Thuram have been included after they had been left out against Sevilla.


Giuly are Zambrotta are suspended while Gio and Motta have been left out by Barca coach Frank Rijkaard.


The complete Barca squad list against the Merengues:

Valdés, Jorquera, Puyol, Xavi, Belletti, Saviola, Oleguer, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Messi, Gudjohnsen, Márquez, Edmílson, Sylvinho, Ezquerro, Eto'o, Thuram and Deco.

Barca midfielder Deco and defender Thuram have returned to the squad, while Ezquerro, Belletti, Motta and Gio stay in Barcelona.


Here is the FC Barcelona squad that travelled to Liverpool:

Valdés, Giuly, Márquez, Xavi, Iniesta, Jorquera, Puyol, Oleguer, Edmílson, Sylvinho, Eto'o, Messi, Ronaldinho, Deco, Thuram, Zambrotta, Gudjohnsen and Saviola.

Ronaldinho, Messi, Larsson and Oleguer out for Sevilla match – Rodri is back


Ronaldinho will not play for FC Barcelona against Sevilla FC on Sunday evening. Henrik Larsson and Oleguer are also not included in the squad, while Rodri is back. Barca coach Frank Rijkaard named his final Barca squad without Ronaldinho who decided that he was not fit after training on Friday because of physical problems. According to the club's medical team "during training on Friday Ronaldinho suffered slight bruising in his right thigh and requires physiotherapy in order to recover and regain full muscle function. Therefore he will not be available for the next match".


Barça defender Oleguer Presas is still out due to a muscle injury and swedish international Larsson has been excluded due to lack of fitness after his recovery from his muscle injury. Barca B defender Rodri is back in the squad to replace Oleguer.
The full squad for the trip to Sevilla is:

Deco, Giuly, Valdés, Márquez, Gabri, Ezquerro, Iniesta, Jorquera, Puyol, Edmílson, Sylvinho, Belletti, Eto'o, Motta, Gio, Van Bommel, Rodri.

Xavi returned to full training with the rest of the squad on Friday after recovering from a knee ligament injury nearly 5 month ago.