The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana are in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup Final against Real Madrid, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 24 players for Sunday’s El Clásico:
Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny
Defenders: 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 26. Jofre Torrents
Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 27. Dro Fernández, 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
The big news for this one is the return of Marc-André ter Stegen, who left the squad on Tuesday after a knee injury scare but is complete fine after undergoing tests and has made the trip back to Saudi Arabia to rejoin his teammates. Gavi (knee) and Andreas Christensen (knee) will also be in Jeddah to support the team despite not being available due to long-term injuries, while Ronald Araujo is unlikely to feature as he works his way back to full fitness and Jofre Torrents is also expected to be left off the final 22-man squad that will be in uniform.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Martín, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Fermín, Raphinha; Ferran
The match kicks off at 10pm AST (local time), 8pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 7pm GMT (UK), 2pm ET, 11am PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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