Pick Your Real Madrid Team Against Tenerife

Guti, Benzema and Drenthe are absent from the squad.Why not have a go at picking Real Madrid's team for this weekend?Karim Benzema and Guti have not been included in Manuel Pellegrini's squad list for tomorrow's Liga fixture against Tenerife in the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez while Drenthe remains out because of a muscle injury.The Frenchman will be out with a sports hernia while Guti has recovered from his injury, but Pellegrini does not want to risk his visionary midfielder.Youth team players Marcos Alonso and Mosquera have also been called up...

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Barcelona Captain Carles Puyol: Lionel Messi And Andres Iniesta Are The Best In The World

Puyol says team-mates are the best around.Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has heralded team-mates Leo Messi and Andres Iniesta as the two best players in the world.Speaking to Spanish daily Sport, the Barca captain was asked who he thinks the best player in the world is and he immediately responded, “I would say Messi and Iniesta.”The Spanish international also revealed who he thinks is the best equipped team going into the World Cup."I would say Brazil and Spain are among the three or four options to do well and win [the World Cup]."Finally, the...

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Stuttgart 1-1 Barcelona: Champions Pass Tough German Test

Crucial away goal leaves Barca in the driving seat.Stuttgart gave Champions League holders Barcelona a real test at the Mercedes Benz Arena but the champions will be happy with the result given they trailed on the score board and in general play at half-time.The Germans engineered a well deserved lead midway through the first half as Brazil-born striker Cacau headed them in front but ten minutes after the interval the scores were level when Zlatan Ibrahimovic stroked past Jens Lehmann for a vital away goal.Pep Guardiola had spoken beforehand about...

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