The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana look get another step closer to the La Liga title with a home game against local rivals Espanyol, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 33. Eder Aller
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 36. Álvaro Cortés, 42. Xavi Espart
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
There’s some great news for this one as Frenkie de Jong returns after missing a month and a half with a hamstring injury, leaving only Marc Bernal (ankle), Raphinha (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) as confirmed absences on Saturday.
Joan; Eric, Araujo, Cubarsí, Balde; Casadó, Gavi; Roony, Fermín, Rashford; Ferran
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.
