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Barça squad named for Atleti

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The _Blaugrana_ travel to the capital for a monster _La Liga_ game against Atlético Madrid, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Sunday’s clash:

**Goalkeepers**: 13. Iñaki Peña, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen

**Defenders**: 2. Pau Cubarsí, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric García, 32. Héctor Fort, 35. Gerard Martín

**Midfielders**: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 14. Pablo Torre, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong

**Forwards**: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha, 18. Pau Víctor, 19. Lamine Yamal

There are no fresh injury concerns after the game against Benfica, so Flick is able to call upon his usual 23-man squad with Ansu Fati missing out per the manager’s decision once more. Also not available are Marc-André ter Stegen (knee), Andreas Christensen (calf) and Marc Bernal (knee), who are ruled out due to long-term injuries.

**Predicted starting XI (4-2-1-3)**:

Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Olmo; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha

The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 4pm ET, 1pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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