Barça squad named for Villarreal

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Quique Setién has called up 24 players for Sunday’s match

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana return to action in La Liga with a tough away game against Villarreal, and Quique Setién has called up the following 24 players for the trip to El Madrigal:

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Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Neto, 26. Iñaki Peña

Defenders: 2. Nélson Semedo, 3. Gerard Piqué, 15. Clément Lenglet, 18. Jordi Alba, 24. Junior Firpo, 33. Ronald Araujo, 35. Dani Morer, 43. Jorge Cuenca

Midfielders: 4. Ivan Rakitic, 5. Sergio Busquets, 8. Arthur, 20. Sergi Roberto, 22. Arturo Vidal, 28. Riqui Puig, 30. Álex Collado, 42. Monchu

Forwards: 9. Luis Suárez, 10. Lionel Messi, 17. Antoine Griezmann, 19. Martin Braithwaite, 31. Ansu Fati

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There’s some bad news ahead of this one: Samuel Umtiti’s knee injury is acting up again, so the French defender is unavailable for this one and joins Frenkie De Jong (calf) and Ousmane Dembélé (hamstring) on the injured list. One player from this list will be cut from the final matchday squad, most likely Dani Morer or Iñaki Peña.

Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):

Ter Stegen; Roberto, Piqué, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Puig; Messi, Suárez, Ansu Fati

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The match kicks off on Sunday at 10pm CET (Barcelona), 9pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 4pm ET, 1pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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Source: barcablaugranes.com