Barcelona forward Thierry Henry a doubt for Chelsea tie

04 May 2009 12:44
The Frenchman injured a knee during Saturday's 6-2 demolition of Real Madrid and although he travelled with the squad, he did not train on Monday. Barcelona prodigy Bojan Krkic, 18, would be favourite to replace the former Arsenal striker in the front three alongside Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi on Wednesday night. Barcelona will be without their captain, Carles Puyol, who is banned, and defender Rafa Marquez, who is out injured for the season. Martin Caceres, Eric Abidal or Yaya Toure could partner Gerard Pique at the heart of the defence at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi has said he is confident Barcelona can get the vital goal to secure the passage to Rome. 'We will play in the same way against Chelsea as we did against Real and, playing like that, we will have many chances,' the Argentine said. 'If we do things as we did on Saturday then we will score and go through. 'This was a massive boost. We're going to London with great spirit and desire to fight and with a lot of belief that we'll go through. 'We've come out of this with a renewed confidence and strength.'  

Source: Telegraph