Barcelona go take on Birmingham City for one pre-season friendly match on Friday evening, but dem no go get Lamine Yamal and Raphinha for dat match.
According to reports, both players don just finish World Cup, so dem need to rest. Lamine Yamal, wey play for the final, still dey on vacation. Raphinha, wey reach round of 16 for the competition, don start training but dey still dey recover from knee injury wey disturb am for part of tournament.
Because of dis, Hansi Flick no fit include dem for the starting lineup. The coach don pick many young players and one new signing for this match.
The match go hold at St. Andrew’s Knighthead Park, di historical home of Birmingham City, by 8:45pm local time. This one be di second pre-season match for Barcelona. Dem don already play against CE Europa.
For the starting XI, Wojciech Szczęsny go dey for goal. For defense, Xavi Espart go dey on the right, Jofre Torrents on the left, and Andreas Christensen and Gerard Martín go pair for the center. The midfield go get Marc Casadó and Marc Bernal as base, with Ebrima Tunkara dey ahead of them.
For attack, Karim Adeyemi go make im debut for Barcelona, after dem sign am from Borussia Dortmund. E go join Hamza Abdelkarim and Shane Kluivert for the front line.
Dem expect say Yamal and Raphinha go be fully ready by the end of August, both physically and mentally, as dem dey prepare for the new season.
