Ronaldinho Goes AWOL in Barca's Hour of Need
Jenson, Pete, The Independent (London, England)
*FOOTBALL
Barcelona face Schalke 04 tonight in Gelsenkirchen with their coach a possible two defeats from the sack and their most famous player nowhere in sight.
Ronaldinho has not travelled to Germany with his team-mates, but neither did he appear on the club medical department's list of injured players. He misses only his third Champions League game in four seasons... and just when his manager needs him most.
Coach Frank Rijkaard is expected to hang on at the Nou Camp until the end of the season because his President, Joan Laporta, is against making mid-season changes but Laporta's hand could be forced if Barcelona lose heavily tonight and at home to …
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Article title: Ronaldinho Goes AWOL in Barca's Hour of Need.
Contributors: Jenson, Pete - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England).
Publication date: April 1, 2008.
Page number: 52.
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