The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana welcome Deportivo Alavés to Camp Nou looking to return to winning ways in La Liga, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: Joan Garcia, Wojciech Szczesny, Dominik Livakovic
Defenders: João Cancelo, Alejandro Balde, Pau Cubarsí, Gerard Martín, Álex Campos, Guillem Víctor
Midfielders: Brian Fariñas, Gavi, Fermín López, Pedri, Rodri, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Bernal, Ebrima Tunkara
Forwards: Gabriel Jesus, Lamine
Yamal, Raphinha, Karim Adeyemi, Anthony Gordon, Hamza Abdelkarim
Barça continue to deal with a serious injury crisis as Xavi Espart has been added to the list of absences with an ankle sprain, joining Dani Olmo (groin), Jules Kounde (ankle), Eric Garcia (quad), Andreas Christensen (quad) and Roony Bardghji (knee) as the players ruled out due to injury.
Hansi Flick calls up 19-year-old right-back Guillem Víctor to make up the numbers at the back, and 16-year-old Ebrima Tunkara also gets his first call-up to the main squad.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Joan; Fariñas, Cubarsí, Martín, Balde; Gavi, Bernal, De Jong; Adeyemi, Jesus, Gordon
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 4pm ET, 1pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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