Barça returns to the League in Getafe
without Ronaldinho
The Brazilian will sit out his game
of sanction
Tomorrow Barça comes back to competition in Getafe, where they
will play without Ronaldinho, who will be fulfilling his one game sanction,
although he will do 'physical training' in Barcelona, as Frank Rijkaard
explained today.
The Dutch coach has then 15 players to Madrid lands, which do not include
Deco either, also sanctioned, to achieve a victory against the team
now led by the former red and blue idol Bernd Schuster.
Before setting off for Getafe, Rijkaard said that he would not fine
Ronaldinho for arriving a day late for training after the Christmas
break due to problems with the flight connections that had to bring
him from Brazil.
'This delay is an isolated case and only happens once a year', explained
the Dutch trainer who knows about such situations from his days as a
player.
The Barcelona trainer said that the event is being 'exaggerated' with
the criticisms received by the three players -Ronaldinho,Marquez and
Deco- who did not start training like the other players, and whose explanations
seemed 'convincing' to him.
The three players have given Barcelona a lot in recent seasons and their
attitude since they have worn the red and blue shirt has always been
impeccable. 'When someone always arrives late, they have no right to
be in the team, but this is not the case of his group of players', concluded
Rijkaard.
