according to the Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”<\/a>, point to Joan Garcia as the only certainty in goal.<\/p>\n\u00a0Flick tried out two defensive lines in the last training session. Nothing is settled except in the coach’s mind.<\/p>\n
The German is likely to mix and match between Eric Garcia, Cubarsi, Gerard Martin and Espart.<\/p>\n
Eric Garcia had started as a regular at right-back before handing his place to Kounde in the third match.<\/p>\n
In central defence, Christensen forced his way into the starting line-up twice against Elche and Rayo despite not featuring in the nominations. He may now lose his place.<\/p>\n
Espart has locked down a spot at left-back despite being a right-back, a position that had seemed to belong to Cancelo.<\/p>\n
Midfield burns even hotter. Pedri, Gavi, Dani Olmo, Fermin Lopez, Marc Bernal, Rodri and Bryan Farinas all bring different qualities, and every one of them boasts the numbers to justify a start against Valencia.<\/p>\n
Flick had been weighing up the idea of pushing Rodri into the starting line-up. He may go again with Bernal and Pedri, with the Champions League match against Feyenoord in mind.<\/p>\n
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Gavi provides intensity and character. Olmo offers quality between the lines, and Fermin is known for his arrival into the penalty area.<\/p>\n
Between them, Olmo and Fermin have alternated in the playmaker role, and now Fermin’s turn has come around.<\/p>\n
Up front, the fight for a place rages just as fiercely. Yamal, over whom doubts hang because of a painful knock whose location Flick did not specify, and Raphinha as an outright forward have started every match.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Jesus brings the experience but has only just arrived. Adeyemi and Gordon have shared starting roles, and with Yamal expected to drop out of the starting line-up, both will feature on the wings.<\/p>\n
The full expected line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper: Joan Garcia.<\/p>\n
Defence: Eric Garcia – Cubarsi – Gerard Martin – Espart.<\/p>\n
Midfield: Pedri – Bernal – Fermin Lopez.<\/p>\n
Attack: Gordon – Raphinha – Adeyemi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rotation looks increasingly likely in the Barcelona line-up ahead of the clash with Valencia in the 2026-2027 season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[92,24125,186,23899,2376,85,94,95],"class_list":["post-81477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-valencia","tag-barcelona","tag-h-abdelkarim","tag-h-flick","tag-k-adeyemi","tag-l-yamal","tag-laliga","tag-raphinha","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}