FC Barcelona announces the squad for the La Liga match against Celta Vigo

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to beautiful Galicia for a great La Liga match against Celta Vigo, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s match:

Goalkeepers: 13. Iñaki Peña, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 26. Ander Astralaga

Defenders: 2. Pau Cubarsí, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 23. Jules Konde, 32. Héctor Fort, 35. Gerard Martín, 36. Sergi Domínguez, 43. Álvaro Cortés

Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 14. Pablo Torre, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 34. Noah Darvich, 41. Guille Fernández

Extenders: 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha, 18. Pau Víctor

Barça come into this one without several pieces, the biggest of which is Lamine Yamal, who will miss a second game in a row with an ankle injury. Also out due to injury are Marc-André ter Stegen (knee), Ansu Fati (hamstring), Andreas Christensen (Achilles) and Marc Bernal (knee), while Ronald Araujo (hamstring), Ferran Torres (hamstring) and Eric García ( groin). ) is back in training, but is not medically cleared yet. Due to the injuries in attack, Flick has called up academy standouts Guille Fernández and Noah Darvich, who have trained all week with the first team and will be in uniform tonight.

Expected starting XI (4-3-3):

Peña; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Casadó, De Jong, Pedri; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Olmo

The match starts at 21:00 CET/WAT (Barcelona and Nigeria), at 20:00 GMT (UK), at 3 p.m. ET, at 12:00 PM PT (US), at 1.30 IST (India, Sunday) and you can join us to follow and comment on all the action.

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