UEFA Cup Action
By Stephen Fry
Bolton Wanderers FC, FC Schalke 04 and Hamburger SV are among the sides who will be missing key players through suspension as the UEFA Cup resumes at the Round of 32 stage tomorrow.
Nakata absence
Bolton, in their first season in UEFA competition, must manage without Japanese international playmaker Hidetoshi Nakata at they welcome Olympique de Marseille to the Reebok stadium for the first leg of their tie. Schalke midfielder Levan Kobiashvili will sit out the German side's first game in the competition this season, against RCD Espanyol, following their UEFA Champions League elimination. Brazilian midfielder Fredson Camara Pereira has completed a two-match ban for the Spanish side, whose coach Miguel Angel Lotina begins a four-match touchline suspension imposed for unsporting behaviour.
Enforced changes
Also completing a two-game ban is Hamburg's Dutch international central defender Khalid Boulahrouz who misses the game at FC Thun, while Hertha BSC Berlin welcome AFC Rapid Bucuresti to Germany minus midfielder Andreas Neuendorf. SK Slavia Praha will be forced to make a goalkeeping change against US Citta di Palermo as Matus Kozacik is suspended following his dismissal against Hamburg on Matchday 5. FC Zenit St. Petersburg's Czech defender Pavel Marea, meanwhile, misses the trip to Rosenborg BK having picked up yellow cards in each of his last two games to take his overall tally for the competition to three.
Suspensions served
Combative midfielder Dzemal Berberovic, who has picked up seven bookings in only eight league starts for PFC Litex Lovech this season, will miss the visit of RC Strasbourg having received yellow cards in his last three UEFA Cup appearances, although the Bulgarian side can welcome back Robert Popov following his own one-game ban. A number of other players are available again having completed suspensions, including VfB Stuttgart midfielder Silvio Meissner, Palermo's Paul Codrea, Daniel Borimirov of PFC Levski Sofia and Sevilla FC pair Daniel and Enzo Maresca.
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By Stephen Fry
Bolton Wanderers FC, FC Schalke 04 and Hamburger SV are among the sides who will be missing key players through suspension as the UEFA Cup resumes at the Round of 32 stage tomorrow.
Nakata absence
Bolton, in their first season in UEFA competition, must manage without Japanese international playmaker Hidetoshi Nakata at they welcome Olympique de Marseille to the Reebok stadium for the first leg of their tie. Schalke midfielder Levan Kobiashvili will sit out the German side's first game in the competition this season, against RCD Espanyol, following their UEFA Champions League elimination. Brazilian midfielder Fredson Camara Pereira has completed a two-match ban for the Spanish side, whose coach Miguel Angel Lotina begins a four-match touchline suspension imposed for unsporting behaviour.
Enforced changes
Also completing a two-game ban is Hamburg's Dutch international central defender Khalid Boulahrouz who misses the game at FC Thun, while Hertha BSC Berlin welcome AFC Rapid Bucuresti to Germany minus midfielder Andreas Neuendorf. SK Slavia Praha will be forced to make a goalkeeping change against US Citta di Palermo as Matus Kozacik is suspended following his dismissal against Hamburg on Matchday 5. FC Zenit St. Petersburg's Czech defender Pavel Marea, meanwhile, misses the trip to Rosenborg BK having picked up yellow cards in each of his last two games to take his overall tally for the competition to three.
Suspensions served
Combative midfielder Dzemal Berberovic, who has picked up seven bookings in only eight league starts for PFC Litex Lovech this season, will miss the visit of RC Strasbourg having received yellow cards in his last three UEFA Cup appearances, although the Bulgarian side can welcome back Robert Popov following his own one-game ban. A number of other players are available again having completed suspensions, including VfB Stuttgart midfielder Silvio Meissner, Palermo's Paul Codrea, Daniel Borimirov of PFC Levski Sofia and Sevilla FC pair Daniel and Enzo Maresca.
Click here to view the latest betting odds on the UEFA Cup at http://www.wagerweb.com
