Champions League quarter-final, second leg ties
Team news and probable line-ups for Tuesday's Champions League, quarter-final second leg ties:
Team news and probable line-ups for Tuesday's Champions League, quarter-final second leg ties:
VALENCIA vs. INTER MILAN
Inter Milan coach Hector Cuper will be relieved to have got through Saturday's 1-0 win at Brescia without addition to his injury list.
Defenders Fabio Cannavaro and Francesco Coco and midfielder Domenico Morfeo all missed the game at Brescia but were never in with a chance of making the trip to Spain and Turkish midfielder Belozoglu Emre is suspended after his red-card in the first leg.
Cuper has few options in defence or midfield but must decide whether to ask Hernan Crespo or Alvaro Recoba to partner Christian Vieri in attack.
Vieri and Crespo started Saturday's game on the bench, indicating they would start against Valencia although Crespo scored the injury-time winner after Inter were reduced to nine men.
Valencia have holding midfielder David Albelda suspended and right winger Francisco Rufete doubtful with a calf injury.
That could persuade coach Rafa Benitez to switch from his preferred lone striker formation to a straight 4-4-2 line-up, with Juan Sanchez, Mista or Miguel Angel Angulo alongside John Carew up front.
The good news for Benitez is that he can recall centre-back Mauricio Pellegrino following his suspension for the opening leg. That should see Pellegrino back alongside his fellow Argentine Roberto Ayala at the heart of the defence.
Probable teams:
Valencia: 1-Santiago Canizares, 3-Anthony Reveillere, 4-Roberto Ayala, 2-Mauricio Pellegrino, 15-Amedeo Carboni, 19-Francisco Rufete, 8-Ruben Baraja, 21-Pablo Aimar, 14-Vicente, 7-John Carew, 10-Miguel Angel Angulo.
Inter: 1-Francesco Toldo, 4-Javier Zanetti, 23-Marco Materazzi, 2-Ivan Cordoba, Giovanni Pasquale, 22-Buruk Okan, 14-Luigi Di Biagio, 6-Cristiano Zanetti, 18-Stephane Dalmat, 32-Christian Vieri, 9-Hernan Crespo.
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark).
BARCELONA vs. JUVENTUS
Barcelona coach Radomir Antic will welcome back Javier Saviola, after the Argentine striker's enforced absence from Saturday's heartening 1-1 draw at Real Madrid because of suspension.
Antic should also be able to give a starting place to Luis Enrique, the inspirational midfielder who scored the equaliser against Real in what was his first start since October.
Juan Pablo Sorin is ineligible for the Champions League after signing from Lazio in mid-season, while Gabri is suspended.
That will mean a shuffle in the defence, with Michael Reiziger likely to take the left-back slot, with Carles Puyol shifting to the right.
Alternatively, Gaizka Mendieta could be asked to play at right-back, with Puyol continuing alongside Frank de Boer in the middle.
Juve's 2-1 win over AS Roma on Saturday, meanwhile, leaves them travelling to Barcelona with their 27th Serie A title in their sights.
Alessandro Del Piero scored both goals in the victory which leaves Juve six points ahead of second-placed Inter Milan and coach Marcello Lippi is expected to stick with his winning line-up.
French striker David Trezeguet is not fit and not travelling to Barcelona because of a shoulder injury.
Croatian Igor Tudor and experienced Italian Antonio Conte are likely to start on the bench as Alessio Tacchinardi continues to enjoy a good spell of form in the centre of midfield.
Barcelona: 1-Roberto Bonano, 5-Carles Puyol, 3-Frank de Boer, 4-Patrik Andersson, 2-Michael Reiziger, 11-Marc Overmars, 6-Xavi, 31-Thiago Motta, 21-Luis Enrique, 7-Javier Saviola, 9-Patrick Kluivert.
Juventus: 1-Gianluigi Buffon, 21-Lilian Thuram, 2-Ciro Ferrara, 4-Paolo Montero, 19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 16-Mauro Camoranesi, 3-Alessio Tacchinardi, 26-Edgar Davids, 11-Pavel Nedved, 10-Alessandro Del Piero, 18-Marco Di Vaio.
Referee: Graham Poll (England).