The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to Mestalla for a La Liga game against Valencia, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 24 players for Sunday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 1. Joan Garcia, 13. Wojciech Szczesny, 25. Dominik Livakovic
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 12. Xavi Espart, 15. Andreas Christensen, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia
Midfielders: 4. Brian Fariñas, 6. Gavi, 7. Fermín López, 8. Pedri, 16. Rodri, 20. Dani Olmo,
22. Marc Bernal
Forwards: 9. Gabriel Jesus, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Karim Adeyemi, 17. Anthony Gordon, 29. Hamza Abdelkarim
The big news for this one is a first call-up for new signing Gabriel Jesus, who is expected to make his debut in the second half today. Gavi is also back after missing the last two games with a knee issue, while Frenkie de Jong (knee) and Roony Bardghji (knee) miss out through injury.
There are 24 players on the list but only 23 can be in uniform, so Flick will leave one player out of the final squad. Lamine Yamal is currently a doubt with a knock, but we won’t know the final cut until the lineups are announced.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Joan; Eric, Cubarsí, Martín, Espart; Fermín, Rodri, Pedri; Adeyemi, Raphinha, Gordon
The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET (Barcelona), 3.15pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 7.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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