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The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana return to Camp Nou for a La Liga home game against newly-promoted Racing Santander, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 24 players for Wednesday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 1. Joan Garcia, 13. Wojciech Szczesny, 25. Dominik Livakovic
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 12. Xavi Espart, 15. Andreas Christensen, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 7. Fermín López, 8. Pedri, 16. Rodri, 20. Dani Olmo, 22. Marc Bernal
Forwards: 9. Gabriel Jesus, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Karim Adeyemi, 17. Anthony Gordon, 29. Hamza Abdelkarim
There are no fresh injury concerns following the win at Levante, so Flick is able to call upon the same group from the weekend. Frenkie de Jong (knee) and Roony Bardghji (knee) miss out through injury, while Brian Fariñas is left out per the coach’s decision.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Eric, Christensen, Martín, Espart; Gavi, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Adeyemi; Gordon
The match kicks off at 9.30pm CET (Barcelona), 8.30pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3.30pm ET, 12.30pm PT (USA), 1am IST (India, Thursday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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