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Their presence in the Cup match against Osasuna is practically ruled out.

Lionel Messi returned to Barcelona this afternoon after enjoying a holiday in Argentina. After arriving at Barcelona Airport, El Prat, the star Barca went by taxi to the sports city of Sant Joan Despi, which has a gentle workout.

The Argentine star has been on the grass about forty-five minutes, during which he alternated with other running exercises in which the ball has been the main protagonist.

At first, the Catalan club announced yesterday and today would be under the command of Pep Guardiola, although there has been a last minute change of plans.

In any case, their presence in the Cup match against Osasuna on Wednesday is virtually ruled out.

At the meeting on Monday exercised Alves, Iniesta, Puyol, Alexis and Keita. The fact that he did was Abidal who was in the gym but has recovered from the bout of flu that has taken in recent days. Montoya Basin and trained with the first team.

Go to the `Flea´ over the other two world cracks It pays to play Barca

Carlos Bianchi was full of praise to Lionel Messi, whom he considered "superior" to Diego Maradona and Pele, and to Barcelona, ​​for him "the best team ever."

"The demonstration collective Football Barcelona to crush the Saints in the final of Club World makes me feel confident to issue a statement: we are in the presence of the best team ever. Something similar happens to me about Lionel Messi" , said in his column on the ESPN website.

"Some days ago I gave a talk to a company and in the middle of the conference, a Brazilian who asked me I thought as the best footballer in history: Pele or Maradona. And I said that with all the respect I deserved the two, now I see Messi above all, "he said.

For the coach multichampion with Argentine Boca Juniors and Velez Sarsfield, "the claim that to be the best ever has to come first world champion with his selection is very trivial."

"There were great players who did not need or could not play in big teams to show all his class. Beyond what has happened or will happen when you put the Argentina shirt, Messi confirms each week that is capable of things no one had done so now in the history of football, "he said.

"It will take a long time to bring up a player like him. I simply tip my hat to their capacity," he added.

Barca is unique

On the Barcelona said that "we must give in to this team that is unique in the history of world football, knowing what they are hateful and complicated comparisons between different times."

"Only three teams found that they could just try to be compared to this modern Barcelona. Thanks to the extraordinary monopoly of the ball end up becoming impotent to whoever planted it on. Thus, viewers have the opportunity to see not only a nearly perfect machine to play football, but also all kinds of goals, one more beautiful than the other, "he added.

"I was lucky to get to Barcelona when he was in the reserves. He began to train with us and grabbed a lot of love. We spent much time together"

Argentina`s Juan Roman Riquelme of Boca Juniors player, called Leo Messi as "the greatest", but warned that "the better he plays to this is Iniesta," while he praised the play of Barcelona.

Barca team, in his opinion, "was fortunate to bring together various players will not be back again: Messi, Iniesta, Xavi and Pique. All in the same team and at the same time. They are Lucky, make really enjoy, "said Riquelme in an interview published the FIFA website.

Argentina midfielder believes it is "difficult" to beat Barcelona. "If playing a head to head in a cup or two games, hopefully it can happen. But in a long tournament, rarely to lose a championship," he said.

"I think the only coach who beat this Barcelona" he added, "is that now in Getafe (Luis Garcia), who recently won 1-0 and last year tied him with the Levant. This explains everything . Both Barcelona and Real Madrid, each with their style, they take too many differences. "

Riquelme says that "when a team plays well and has gained confidence and trust" and, on the Barcelona, ​​where he played in 2002, said: "glad to see him play. I came in a year that had elections and many problems, much nervousness. But today I am in the place I want to be: Boca is my club and my house. I enjoy the place where I have to be. "

As for their favorite players, has no doubts: "Messi is the biggest, the best in the world. Cristiano Ronaldo is the player of the PlayStation, that the one weapon you right leg, left leg, is tall, fast , nods, makes a penalty goal and free throw is skilled. " "But the better he plays this game," he said, "It`s Iniesta: know when to go forward, when to go back. If the ball has left know who is on the right, you know all there is to do. When you have to dribble, when to go faster, slower. And I think that`s the only thing you can not buy or learn. You can learn to kick, to control the ball, but to know everything happens on the field not be born with it. "

Riquelme came to Barça when Iniesta was Barcelona B. "I was lucky to get to Barcelona when he was in the reserves. He began to train with us and grabbed a lot of love. We spent much time together. Debuted at that time and since then we have a great relationship. Whenever we speak."

The Argentine collects shirts from other players. "I have the good fortune to have many shirts, but if I have to name one, it is surely that of Zinedine Zidane. I have the one used in his final game at the stadium of Real Madrid. On Wednesday before the game phoned me and I said he was not mine, and that he wanted to change on Sunday. "

"In the game," he recalls, "it took five minutes for missing people cheered and he was standing in line waiting for me to keep his word. It was very cute. Now I have in my house with the date noted . He was one of the greatest play I`ve ever seen "

Messi nominated for best male athlete of the year for the third consecutive Messi´s team, FC Barcelona, ​​among the candidates for Best Team of the Year Abidal Award nominee for Best comeback after recovering from cancer The Laureus World Sports Awards will be held in London on February 6

The European champions, Barcelona, ​​and two of their star players, Messi and Abidal have been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards (Laureus World Sports Awards) 2012.

Barca is among Laureus Award nominees for Best Team of the Year for the fourth time and Messi has been nominated for the third consecutive Laureus Award for Best International Male Athlete, while the Frenchman Abidal is a candidate for the Laureus Award Best international comeback year after recovering from cancer.

The Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia has also been nominated, along with Abidal, Laureus Award for Best comeback after putting an end to three years without being able to win with victories in two tournaments in a row.

A brilliant constellation of the best stars of the sport has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards 2012, after the vote on the media around the world.

The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognize sporting achievement of 2011, are the main prizes of the international sporting calendar. The names of the winners, voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, a team of 47 supreme judges of the best sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be announced at a ceremony televised awards from London on Monday 6 of February.

The money raised directly benefits and supports the work of the Charity Foundation Laureus Sport for Good, which supports 89 community projects throughout the world sports. Since its inception, Laureus has raised over 40 million euros for projects that have improved the lives of over a million and half of young people.

In the category of Best Laureus international team of the year, Barcelona will face the New Zealand rugby, the All Blacks winning the Rugby World Cup, the winning team in the NBA, Dallas Mavericks, to the selection English cricket, the world´s No. 1, to the Japanese team that won women´s soccer Women´s World Cup and Formula 1 team Red Bull Formula, winning the constructors championship for the second consecutive year.

Messi will be the hope of becoming the first player in team history to win individual Laureus Award for Best international male athlete of the year. In this category are nominated Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, winner of two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, the No. 1 tennis Novak Djokovic, winner of three Grand Slams (the Australia Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open States), the Australian cyclist Cadel Evans, winner of the Tour de France, and German Dirk Nowitzki, the first European player voted MVP of the NBA Finals and Sebastian Vettel, who was proclaimed World Champion Formula 1 for the second time consecutively.

Both Eric Abidal and Sergio Garcia have been nominated for Laureus Award for Best Comeback of the Year International. Despite having been diagnosed with a liver tumor two months ago and being treated for combat, Eric Abidal played 90 minutes of the final against Manchester United in which Barca won the Champions League. In a touching gesture to celebrate his recovery, Carles Puyol handed the captain´s armband for the match and was the first team member to receive the trophy.

In October 2011, the Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia put an end to three years without winning two tournaments wins in a row. Along with Abidal and Garcia, the other nominees are the golfer Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland, who recovered from a slump after the death of his wife and managed to win the Open, the Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, who won the silver medal in the World Athletics Championships, and the Crusaders and the Reds, two rugby teams that reached the final of the Super 15 despite having to cope with the earthquake in Christchurch and Queensland floods.

The full list of nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards is:

Best international male athlete of the year

Usain Bolt- - Novak Djokovic - Cadel Evans - Lionel Messi - Dirk Nowitzki - Sebastian Vettel

Best international female athlete of the year

- Vivian Cheruiyot - Maria Riesch - Carmelita Jeter - Petra Kvitova - Homare Sawa - Yani Tseng

Best international team of the year

All Blacks Barcelona Dallas Mavericks England cricket Japanese women´s soccer selection Red Bull

Best International Breakthrough of the Year

- Yohan Blake - Mo Farah - Petra Kvitova - Rory McIlroy - Li Na - Oscar Pistorius

Best international comeback year

- Eric Abidal - Darren Clarke - Crusaders - Sergio Garcia - Liu Xiang - Queensland Reds

Disabled Sportsman of the Year International

- Daniel Dias - Terezinha Guilhermina - Oscar Pistorius - Esther Vergeer - David Weir - Irek Zaripov

Best athlete of the year international winger

- Jamie Bestwick - Philip Köster - Carissa Moore - Travis Rice - Kelly Slater - Shaun White