Rafael Benitez has taken an 18-man squad to Hungary for Liverpool’s crunch Champions League tie with Debrecen. The squad that left Liverpool’s airport is: Pepe Reina, Diego Cavalieri, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio, Emiliano Insua, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel, Andrea Dossena, Alberto Aquilani, Steven Gerrard, Yossi Benayoun, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Leiva, Jay Spearing, Dirk Kuyt, David Ngog.from liverpoolfc.tv
Fernando Torres, who will remain on Merseyside for continued treatment on his groin injury , will be absent from the Liverpool squad -”We thought it’d be two or three weeks and he’s only 12 or 13 days into that, so there’s no point in him going,The next few days will decide if he is fit for Everton, but at this moment there are no guarantees.” said manager Rafael Benitez.
Champions League
Match day 5, Debreceni vs Liverpool FC
Stadium Ferenc Puskás – Budapest – Hungary
Tuesday, Nov 24 2009
kick off: 20:45 GMT
- Referee Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
- Assistant referee Sander van Roekel (NED) Berry Simons (NED)
- Fourth official Richard Liesveld (NED)
- UEFA Delegate Ivan Borissov Lekov (BUL)
- UEFA Referee observer Athanassios Briakos (GRE)
Group E from www.uefa.com
Second-placed ACF Fiorentina can secure their spot in the knockout rounds with a triumph at home against already-qualified Olympique Lyonnais. A win for the Viola would also extinguish the last hopes of five-time champions Liverpool, whether the Premier League outfit prevail against Debreceni VSC in Budapest or not. Should Liverpool and Lyon both win, the Reds will go into their Matchday 6 meeting with Fiorentina two points adrift of the Italian side. If Liverpool fail to win, Fiorentina are through. Debrecen must beat Liverpool to stay in the UEFA Europa League hunt due to their four-point deficit.
