The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana face a huge La Liga test against Real Sociedad at Anoeta, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 21 players for Sunday’s game:
Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André
ter Stegen, 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia
Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
The good news for this one is the return of Frenkie de Jong, who is back after serving a suspension in the Cup in midweek. The bad news is that Raphinha is ruled out as a precaution due to a knock suffered in the last game against Racing, so the Brazilian is forced to miss this one along with the injured Gavi (knee) and Andreas Christensen (knee).
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Eric, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Fermín, Rashford; Ferran
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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