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Madrid (Reuters) - Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and goalkeeper Victor Valdes is not played for the first game of round 16 of the King's Cup against Osasuna Wednesday because of flu and fever, the La Liga club said on its website (www.fcbarcelona.es) .
Coach Pep Guardiola is likely to rest Messi as world's best players had just arrived from his native country, Argentina, last Monday.
Meanwhile, Valdes probably will not play, while goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto's number two position it normally occupies when the King's Cup match.
FC Barcelona, who lost 0-1 by Real Madrid in the Cup finals last year, will meet in the quarter-finals if they can cope with Osasuna, while Real Madrid beat Malaga, who had their kelahkan 3-2 in the first match at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.
The second King's Cup matches scheduled for next week.
Coach Pep Guardiola is likely to rest Messi as world's best players had just arrived from his native country, Argentina, last Monday.
Meanwhile, Valdes probably will not play, while goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto's number two position it normally occupies when the King's Cup match.
FC Barcelona, who lost 0-1 by Real Madrid in the Cup finals last year, will meet in the quarter-finals if they can cope with Osasuna, while Real Madrid beat Malaga, who had their kelahkan 3-2 in the first match at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.
The second King's Cup matches scheduled for next week.
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