A recovered Nani to help Valencia take on Barcelona

IANS

Valencia (Spain), Oct 21 (IANS) Valencia coach Cesare Prandelli will play a recovered striker Luis Almeida "Nani" on Saturday against Barcelona in the ninth round of La Liga football tournament.

Valencia will only be missing the injured Guilherme Siqueira, while Nani has already recovered from the muscle pains that put him out of the Gijon match last Sunday, reports Efe.

Eliakim Mangala, who also suffered muscle pain and stayed on the bench in the Gijon game, has also recovered.

Prandelli called 20 players for Saturday's game, namely Alves, James, Ryan, Montoya, Cancelo, Santos, Abdennour, Garay, Mangala, Gaya, Suarez, Medran, Enzo, Parejo, Bakkali, Fede, Santi Mina, Nani, Munir and Rodrigo Moreno.

--IANS

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