The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to Alicante for a big La Liga game against Elche, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 21 players for Saturday’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
Midfielders: 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, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
Barça get back two important pieces for this one as Frenkie de Jong and João Cancelo, who were unavailable for the Champions League game against Copenhagen in midweek, are back in the squad today. Gavi (knee), Pedri (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) are the three players missing this one through injury.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Eric, Balde; Bernal, De Jong; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Ferran
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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