Messi ready for the Champions

* Valdes: 'When Messi did not play, the team it note'

* Laporta defended the work of Schuster

Barcelona's Argentine striker Lionel Messi, who played the non-league match against Getafe (1-1) by some discomfort in the quadriceps of her right leg, has trained with complete normality and has come into the squad for The Champions League match all season to compete in next Wednesday before the Sporting of Portugal.

The Messi is the main novelty of a call to which the defense also returns Rafael Marquez, absent against Getafe by technical decision, and which falls on defense Carles Puyol and midfielder Yaya Toure, whom the coach, Josep Guardiola, has given rest.

Therefore, the 18 players who will travel to Lisbon are: Valdes, Pinto Alves, Victor Sanchez, Pique, Marquez, Caceres, Silvinho, Keita, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Busquets, Hleb, Bojan, Messi, Henry, Eto'o and Pedro .

One of the fixed Guardiola is Valdes. The goalkeeper admitted that when Leo Messi did not play, "undoubtedly the team, what note," although he has tempered that "any player has the quality to make the group" and that it is better not be thinking about "whether or not there is some kind Dependency individual. "

"We are a well-ordered Getafe on the field, which took advantage of any mistake with our good counterattacks. Not achieved the goal of winning and add three points important, but we must continue," he commented on the latest commitment garter belts.

Valdes has preferred to relativize the result before the whole Madrid - "before we were neither as good nor as bad now" - and, referring to the media, added that it considers "logical" now "to speak evil of the team" when the Tonic usual lately had been filling the front pages of praise. "Now it takes a small setback for change", has complained.

On the other hand, the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, who was not happy acknowledged the wrong time going through his eternal rival, Real Madrid, while stressing that after the draw against Getafe to be fixed on themselves to stay at the helm of the classification.

"I do not ever glad of the difficulties of others. We have to fix in us, try to do our best to improve and go from day to day. Having this spirit of overcoming, but we are glad to conflict situations on the other," said the executive to pass.

Questioned by the criticism was Bernd Schuster, Laporta did not hesitate to defend the German. "Schuster has done very well in Madrid and the evidence I refer, in addition to a consistent team. It is law of football, that whenever the situation becomes the coach has his share of criticism, but for me it is unfair because it has shown which is a great coach, "he stressed.

On the other hand, spoke of the cycles that touch on Barca and Real Madrid, where normally when one goes well, the other is doing badly this season. "It usually happen, but how it goes by neighborhoods and is cyclical and what we hope all is that we do not touch, but it is best not to touch any of the two, who were all good news," he said.

Leo Messi, celebrating a goal. (Photo: REUTERS)