Report: Barcelona's Ibrahimovic, Messi to play against Real Madrid

real madrid">Real Madrid</a> side.</p> <p>Both Messi and Ibrahimovic who both missed the Champions League group match against Inter Milan last Wednesday, worked out with the full squad on Saturday and will reportedly be available for the top of the table clash.</p> <p>On Saturday <a href="http://www.world-track.org/sportsnews/tag/barcelona/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with Barcelona">Barcelona</a>‘s boss Pep Guardiola refused to commit to whether or not he will play his star players despite them returning to training.</p> <p>“The doctors and I will decide on whether they play, they’ve trained pretty well, but there are always risks with muscle injuries and they’ve not been back many days.</p> <p>“We can win with Messi and without him. He’s a very important player and it’s better for us if he plays, but we’ll have a look at him tomorrow (Sunday) and make our decision.”</p> <p>According to the latest reports, Messi will now start on the bench, while from all indications Ibrahimovic, who is buzzing to mark his return, will take his place in the starting eleven as one of the strikers.</p> <p>“It will be a very exciting game, a very interesting game,” said Ibrahimovic said. “I think it will be the game of the year, not only in Spain but worldwide.</p> <p>“I’m not worried because I know <a href="http://www.world-track.org/sportsnews/tag/barcelona/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with Barcelona">Barcelona</a> are a stronger team. We have players at each position that are world class.”</p> <a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" href="http://www.world-track.org/sportsnews/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Ibrahimovic.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1337" title="Ibrahimovic" src="http://www.world-track.org/sportsnews/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Ibrahimovic-150x150.jpg" alt="FC Barcelona's forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts during a Spanish La Liga game" width="150" height="150" /></a> <p>The game will also see the return of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is expected to come off the bench in the biggest game of his Real career thus far.</p> <p>Ronaldo, who came on as a substitute against FC Zurich n the Champions League last week, is making a return after being sidelined for two-months with an ankle injury.</p> <p>“I want to play in the Clasico if I feel good, although that is the reasonability of the coach,” said Ronaldo “In any case, with or without me, the team are first in La Liga and in their Champions League group.</p> <p>“Good players always have to play. (Against Zurich) I didn’t score, but I hope to do in the following game. It doesn’t bother me if it’s 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1, the important thing is to win.”</p> avatar" class=" avatar avatar-64 user-2-avatar" width="64" height="64" />