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Renato Gonçalves Renato Goncalves is the deputy manager of Barca Blaugranes and has been writing for the site since all the way back in 2014. He’s a massive sports fan and has been crazy about Barcelona ever since Rivaldo scored that bicycle kick in 2001.
The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play their final game before the international break away to Sevilla, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 13. Wojciech Szczesny, 25. Dominik Livakovic, Iker Rodríguez
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
Barça will be without their starting goalkeeper for this one as Joan Garcia has been ruled out with a knee issue, with Barça Atlètic’s Iker Rodríguez called up in his place. Frenkie de Jong (knee) and Roony Bardghji (knee) also miss out through injury, and Brian Fariñas is left out per the coach’s decision.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsí, Martín, Espart; Fermín, Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Adeyemi
The match kicks off at 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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