The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to beautiful Galicia for a big The League game against Celta Vigo, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 13. Iñaki Peña, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 26. Ander Astraga
Defenders: 2. Pau Cubarsí, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 23. Jules Kounde, 32. Héctor Fort, 35. Gerard Martín, 36. Sergi Domínguez, 43. Álvaro Cortés
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 14. Pablo Torre, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 34. Noah Darvich, 41. Guille Fernández
Forwards: 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha, 18. Pau Víctor
Barça come into this one without several pieces, the biggest of which being Lamine Yamal who misses a second straight match with an ankle injury. Also out due to injury are Marc-André ter Stegen (knee), Ansu Fati (hamstring), Andreas Christensen (Achilles) and Marc Bernal (knee), while Ronald Araujo (hamstring), Ferran Torres (hamstring) and Eric García (groin) are back in training but not medically cleared yet. Due to the injuries in attack Flick has called up academy standouts Guille Fernández and Noah Darvich, who have trained all week with the first team and will be in uniform tonight.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Peña; Kounde, Cubars, Inigo, Balde; Married, De Jong, Pedri; Leaves, Lewandowski, Elm
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.
LONG LIVE THE BARÇA!
