European Football

Guti misses out, Pepe and Robinho return

13:57 GMT, Fri 29 Feb 2008
[-] Text [+]
 Email  |   Print  |   Digg This
 
Real Madrid's Guti (L) and Sergio Ramos run on the pitch during a training session at the Olympic stadium in Rome February 18, 2008. Real Madrid will face AS Roma in their Champions League soccer match on Tuesday. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY)

MADRID, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Real Madrid midfielder Guti will miss Saturday's (1900) league match at Recreativo Huelva because of a calf strain. Mali international Mahamadou Diarra, Argentine Fernando Gago and Brazilian Julio Baptista are expected to form the midfield trio.

Striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is out with an ankle injury, but Portugal defender Pepe and Argentine striker Javier Saviola return to the squad after lengthy spells on the sidelines. Brazilian forward Robinho is also back after injury.

Real have lost three out of their last four league matches, but remain top of the Primera Liga, two points clear of arch-rivals Barcelona.

Any person accessing the football section of this website is prohibited from any unauthorised re-production of any photographs and or text content other than for the purposes of viewing the same as part of the web site.   

Most Popular articles

advertisement