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The star midfielder of the Portuguese national team, Deco, stated that the stars from London did not participate in yesterday's match at the "Nou Camp" stadium, dedicated to supporting those affected by the Southeast Asia tsunami, because their coach Jose Mourinho did not allow them.
Born in Brazil at the age of 27, Deco was one of the main players who helped the team of "Porto" led by Jose Mourinho to win the Champions League title in 2004, and claims that the four invited "Chelsea" stars - John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Geremi - did not come to Barcelona because Jose Mourinho did not want to risk his stars before the Champions League quarter-final match between "Barcelona" and "Chelsea" next week. It is worth mentioning that this match was recently chosen as the most interesting in a survey conducted by EuroFootball.com visitors.
"All the players wanted to play in these matches," Deco said. "I think Mourinho somehow contributed to their absence."
In yesterday's match, where "Ronaldinho XI" defeated "Shevchenko XI" 6-3, the entire world football stars participated: Ronaldinho, Andriy Shevchenko, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Samuel Eto'o, and others.
