Two Spanish giants, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will battle for points in Sunday’s El Clasico at Camp Nou, Naija News reports.
In preparation for the face off, Barcelona Manager, Ronald Koeman on Saturday (today) announced his 23-man squad to battle Madrid in the home game.
Koeman’s squad was revealed in a post via Barcelona’s official website on Saturday.
Koeman’s side had earlier secured a 1-0 victory against Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League on Wednesday, Naija News reports.
See below Barcelona’s squad against Real Madrid:
Ter Stegen, Dest, Pique, Sergio, Riqui Puig, Memphis, Ansu Fati, Demir, Neto, Coutinho, Lenglet, L. De Jong, Jordi Alba, Kun Agüero, S. Roberto, F. De Jong, O. Mingueza, Umtiti, Eric, Iñaki Peña, Nico, Gavi and Balde. R. Araujo, O.
Dembele, Braithwaite and Pedri are not included in the feature due to some injuries sustained earlier.
The kick-off time for Barcelona vs Real Madrid is 3.15 pm.
Naija News understands that the Catalans are currently in the seventh position on the LaLiga table with 15 points from eight games.
Meanwhile, the Union of European Football Association, UEFA, has released its Champions League team of the week.
Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English Premier club, Liverpool, Mohamed Salah made it to the list of midfielders in the UEFA squad released on Thursday, Naija News reports.
Chelsea’s Jorginho also made it to the list while Real Madrid’s player, Vinicius Junior is the only forward in the UEFA’s team of the week unveiled, Naija News reports
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