Lamine Yamal has recovered in time from the foot injury he suffered in the weekend win over Las Palmas and has been named in the 22-man squad for Tuesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final first leg against Atlético Madrid.
Barça have not officially announced the squad list, but these are the players who will likely be in uniform based on reports from Catalan media:
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, 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
The list excludes Marc-André ter Stegen (knee) and Marc Bernal (knee) due to their long-term injuries, while Andreas Christensen (calf) is back in training but yet to get the medical clearance. Ansu Fati and Pablo Torre also miss out per the coach’s decision.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 9.30pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8.30pm GMT (UK), 3.30pm ET, 12.30pm PT (USA), 2am IST (India, Wednesday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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