{"id":169226,"date":"2025-08-23T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/169226\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:25:16","slug":"fc-barcelona-announce-squad-for-la-liga-match-against-levante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/169226\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona announce squad for La Liga match against Levante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to Val\u00e8ncia for their second La Liga game of the season against Levante, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Saturday\u2019s clash:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Goalkeepers<\/strong>: I\u00f1aki Pe\u00f1a, Joan Garcia, Diego Kochen<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Defenders<\/strong>: Alejandro Balde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubars\u00ed, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde, Eric Garc\u00eda, Jofre Torrents<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Midfielders<\/strong>: Gavi, Pedri, Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez, Marc Casad\u00f3, Dani Olmo, Dro Fern\u00e1ndez, Toni Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Forwards<\/strong>: Ferran Torres, Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bar\u00e7a get their striker back for this one as Robert Lewandowski receives the medical green light after missing the season opener due to a hamstring issue, but they will be without Frenkie de Jong who doesn\u2019t make the trip for personal reasons. Wojciech Szczesny, Gerard Mart\u00edn and Roony Bardghji have not been registered yet, and are forced to sit this one out. Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen (back) and Marc Bernal (knee) are out due to injury, while Oriol Romeu and H\u00e9ctor Fort are no longer in the coach\u2019s plans and are also left out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Garcia; Eric, Araujo, Cubars\u00ed, Balde; Gavi, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Ferran<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The match kicks off at 9.30pm CET (Barcelona), 8.30pm BST\/WAT (UK &amp; Nigeria), 3.30pm ET, 12.3pam PT (USA), 1am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next Barcelona match is upon us! 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