The next Barcelona match is upon us! The La Liga champions play their final game of the season against Real Betis at Mestalla, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’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, 15. Andreas Christensen, 18. Gerard Martín, 24. Eric Garcia, 36. Álvaro Cortés, 42. Xavi Espart
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 17. Marc Casadó, 20.
Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
Barça will be without Fermín López for the season finale with a foot injury that will also sideline him for the World Cup, and he joins Lamine Yamal (hamstring) on the absentee list for this one. Raphinha and Jules Kounde also don’t travel to make sure they are fit for the World Cup, but there are good news as Frenkie de Jong and Ferran Torres return after missing out last week.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Eric, Cubarsí, Martín, Cancelo; De Jong, Pedri; Roony, Olmo, Gavi; Ferran
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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