The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie against Atlético Madrid looking for a historic Remontada, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 20 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, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde
Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 22.
Marc Bernal, 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
The list of absentees is considerable for this one as Barça will be without the suspended Eric Garcia and the injured Robert Lewandowski, who misses out after suffering a broken eye socket in the last game. Frenkie de Jong (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) also miss out as long-term injury absences, while Gavi (knee) continues to wait for his medical clearance.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Martín, Balde; Bernal, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Rashford; Ferran
The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Wednesday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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