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FC Barcelona announce squad for La Liga match against Athletic Club

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The _Blaugrana_ make their long-awaited return to the Spotify Camp Nou with a _La Liga_ game against Athletic Club, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 20 players for Saturday’s clash:

**Goalkeepers**: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen

**Defenders**: 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 15. Andreas Christensen, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia

**Midfielders**: 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 22. Marc Bernal, 27. Dro Fernández

**Forwards**: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 28. Roony Bardghji

The big news for this one is the return of Joan Garcia and Raphinha, who are finally cleared to play after missing two months with knee and hamstring injuries, respectively. There is some bad news, however, as Marcus Rashford is ruled out due to illness and joins Frenkie de Jong (suspension), Pedri (hamstring), Marc-André ter Stegen (back) and Gavi (knee) on the list of absentees for this one.

**Predicted starting XI (4-3-3)**:

Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsí, Eric, Balde; Fermín, Casadó, Olmo; Yamal, Lewandowski, Ferran

The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 3.15pm GMT (UK), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 8.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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