Following their crushing victories over Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the last week, FC Barcelona got a much-needed break as they did not have any mid-week matches scheduled. But the Catalans are set to return to La Liga action this Sunday in another important match, the Barcelona derby against RCD Espanyol.
The Blaugranes are coming into this game in red-hot form, and there is no doubt who the favorites are for this game. Furthermore, Hansi Flick’s side has also been reinforced by the return of several important midfielders over the last few weeks.
This is clear from the squad announced for this game, which includes all the important Barcelona midfielders, including Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Fermin Lopez, Pedri, Dani Olmo, and Marc Casado. Only Marc Bernal remains the midfielder unavailable for this game.
However, there are some other important players from other areas of the team that continue to remain unavailable, including Marc Andre Ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, and Ferran Torres.
The full squad announced by Barcelona for this game is as follows:
Goalkeepers:
- 1: Inaki Pena Sotorres
- 2: Wojciech Szczesny
- 3: Diego Kochen Ander Astralaga
Defenders:
- 1: Jules Kounde
- 2: Pau Cubarsi
- 3: Alejandro Balde
- 4: Inigo Martinez
- 5: Hector Fort
- 6: Gerard Martin
- 7: Sergi Dominguez
Midfielders:
- 1: Pedri
- 2: Gavi
- 3: Frenkie de Jong
- 4: Dani Olmo
- 5: Marc Casado
- 6: Fermin Lopez
- 7: Pablo Torre
Forwards:
- 1: Robert Lewandowski
- 2: Lamine Yamal
- 3: Raphinha
- 4: Ansu Fati
- 5: Pau Victor
Injured:
- 1: Ronald Araujo
- 2: Andreas Christensen
- 3: Marc Bernal
- 4: Marc Andre Ter Stegen
- 5: Ferran Torres
- 6: Eric Garcia