The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana return to Montjuïc to face Real Sociedad in La Liga action, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Sunday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen, 33. Eder Aller
Defenders: 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 Bargdhji, 29. Toni Fernández
The big news for this one is the return of Lamine Yamal, who has been medically cleared to come back after missing the last four games with a groin injury. There was an expectation that Alejandro Balde (hamstring) would also return today, but the left-back is not quite ready and misses out once again. Joan Garcia (knee) and Raphinha (hamstring) were added to the long-term injury list a couple of days ago, and are left out along with Fermín López (groin), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee).
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín; De Jong, Pedri; Rashford, Olmo, Ferran; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 6.30pm CET (Barcelona), 5.30pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 12.30pm ET, 9.30am PT (USA), 10pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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