The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to the capital for a huge Copa del Rey semi-final first leg against Atlético Madrid, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Thursday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 26. Jofre Torrents
Midfielders: 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo,
21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 19. Roony Bardghji, 41. Juan Hernández
Barça will be without two key attackers for this one as Raphinha remains out with an adductor problem and Marcus Rashford has been left out due a knock in his knee, and they join Pedri (hamstring), Gavi (knee) and Andreas Christensen (knee) on the list of absences for this one.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Eric, Balde; De Jong, Bernal; Yamal, Olmo, Fermín; Ferran
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Friday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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