Santos FC v Barcelona
10:30 (GMT) December 18, 2011
International Stadium Yokohama
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TEAM NEWS
Santos saw Elano and Ganso begin against Kashiwa Reysol despite suffering fitness problems of late.
Barcelona lost forward David Villa to a horrible leg break in the semi-final win over Al-Sadd. Javier Mascherano too suffered a knock in the closing stages.
MANAGER QUOTES
Pep Guardiola: "The players all felt sick for David after the game. They are extremely down. I told them it can happen to anyone at any time. David is going to be out for a long time and now we will have to win the Club World Cup without him. It will take a long time to return from this kind of break."
Muricy Ramalho: “[Barcelona] are of course the top club in the world: team structure, organisation … I admire Guardiola. But in Brazil we want to win every day. If we don't, we get fired immediately. In Europe, at Manchester United and Arsenal, for example, you see the same manager for 25 and 15 years. If Guardiola could led a team to victory in Brazil I would admire him even other.”
MATCH ODDS
Santos 9/1, Barcelona 2/7, Draw 17/4.
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