The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana make their long-awaited return to the Spotify Camp Nou with a La Liga game against Athletic Club, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 20 players for Saturday’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, 22. Marc Bernal, 27. Dro Fernández
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 28. Roony Bardghji
The big news for this one is the return of Joan Garcia and Raphinha, who are finally cleared to play after missing two months with knee and hamstring injuries, respectively. There is some bad news, however, as Marcus Rashford is ruled out due to illness and joins Frenkie de Jong (suspension), Pedri (hamstring), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee) on the list of absentees for this one.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsí, Eric, Balde; Fermín, Casadó, Olmo; Yamal, Lewandowski, Ferran
The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 3.15pm GMT (UK), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 8.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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