The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana welcome Greek champions Olympiacos to Montjuïc for an important Champions League game, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Tuesday’s
clash:
Goalkeepers: 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen, 33. Eder Aller
Defenders: 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 26. Jofre Torrents, 42. Xavi Espart
Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 27. Dro Fernández
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 28. Roony Bardghji, 29. Toni Fernández, 41. Juan Hernández
The surprising news for this one is the return of Ferran Torres, who is fit enough to make the squad despite expectation he would miss out with a hamstring issue. There is some bad news, however, as Andreas Christensen is ruled out with a gastrointestinal problem and cannot make the squad. Along with the Dane, Raphinha (hamstring), Dani Olmo (calf), Robert Lewandowski (hamstring), Joan Garcia (knee), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee) are all ruled out due to injury.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín; De Jong, Casadó, Pedri; Yamal, Fermín, Rashford
The match kicks off at 6.45pm CET (Barcelona), 5.45pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 12.45pm ET, 9.45am PT (USA), 10.15pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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