The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play a monster Champions League game against reigning European champions PSG at Montjuïc, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Wednesday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen, 33. Eder Aller
Defenders: 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 15. Andreas Christensen, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 26. Jofre Torrents
Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo,
21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 27. Dro Fernández
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 28. Roony Bardghji, 29. Toni Fernández
The big news for this one is the return of Alejandro Balde, who is back for the big game after missing the last month with a hamstring injury. Raphinha (hamstring), Joan Garcia (knee),Fermín López (groin), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee) are ruled out due to injury and don’t make the squad.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Ferran; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (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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