The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie against Atlético Madrid, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Wednesday’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, 36. Álvaro Cortés, 42. Xavi Espart
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López,
17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
Barça suffered a couple of injury scares at the weekend and got mixed news for this one: Ronald Araujo will be available after overcoming a slight muscle issue, but Marc Bernal has been ruled out for 10 days with an ankle sprain and joins Raphinha (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) on the injured list, while Frenkie de Jong (hamstring) is still awaiting his medical clearance.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Martín, Cancelo; Eric, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Rashford; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona), 8pm GMT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Thursday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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