Barcelona squad named for Newcastle 1st leg

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to England for a huge Champions League Round of 16 first leg against Newcastle at St. James’ Park, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Tuesday’s clash: Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 24. Eric Garcia, 36. Álvaro Cortés, 42. Xavi Espart Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 22. Marc Bernal, 43. Tommy Marqués Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji There are no fresh injury concerns after the trip to Bilbao which is great news considering the current crisis, so the list of absentees remains the same: Jules Kounde (hamstring), Alejandro Balde (hamstring), Frenkie de Jong (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) are all ruled out, while Gavi (knee) has traveled with the squad but is not yet medically cleared. Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1): Joan; Eric, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín; Bernal, Pedri; Yamal, Fermín, Raphinha; Lewandowski The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 4pm ET, 1pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Wednesday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action. VISCA EL BARÇA!