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FC Barcelona announce squad for Champions League match against Chelsea

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to London for a massive Champions League game against Chelsea, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Tuesday’s clash:

Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen

Defenders: 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 15. Andreas Christensen, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia

Midfielders: 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 27. Dro Fernández

Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 28. Roony Bardghji

Barça get two key reinforcements as Frenkie de Jong is back from suspension and Marcus Rashford returns after a bout with the flu, leaving only Pedri (hamstring), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee) on the list of absentees for this one.

Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):

Joan; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Balde; Eric, De Jong; Yamal, Fermín, Rashford; Lewandowski


The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Wednesday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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