The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to the Spanish capital for the first El Clasico of the season against Real Madrid, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Sunday’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
Barça had four doubts for this one during the week, and two of them (De Jong and Kounde) are able to make the list while Raphinha (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (illness) cannot make the trip. Also ruled out along with the Brazilian and the Dane due to injury are Dani Olmo (calf), Joan Garcia (knee), Robert Lewandowski (hamstring), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee).
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsí, Eric, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Fermín, Rashford; Ferran
The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 3.15pm GMT (UK), 11.15am ET, 8.15am PT (USA), 8.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
VISCA EL BARÇA!
