Barcelona squad named for El Clásico

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The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play the final El Clásico of the season against Real Madrid needing a win or a draw to clinch the La Liga title at Camp Nou, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Sunday’s game:

Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 33. Eder Aller

Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 42. Xavi Espart

Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal

Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji

Barça get their starting right-back back for this one as Jules Kounde returns after serving a suspension last week, and only Lamine Yamal (hamstring) is ruled out through injury while Andreas Christensen (knee) is back in training but still awaits his medical clearance.

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

Joan; Kounde, Cubarsí, Martín, Cancelo; Gavi, Pedri; Roony, Olmo, Fermín; Lewandowski

The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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