The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play a huge Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atlético Madrid at the Metropolitano, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 24 players for Tuesday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 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, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal (not medically cleared), 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
Barça get some good news for this one as Gerard Martín has gotten over an injury scare at the weekend and will be available for this one, and Marc Bernal is also included in the squad but is not yet medically cleared from his ankle injury. Raphinha (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) are also out due to injury, while Pau Cubarsí is missing through suspension.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Kounde, Eric, Martín, Cancelo; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Rashford; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Wednesday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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