Barcelona, Spain – FC Barcelona don announce dia lineup wey go face Osasuna tonight for 21:00 local time. Di match na the 27th week of LaLiga, wey dem suppose play before but e postpone due to di sudden death of Barcelona doctor Carles Miñarro.
Di big surprise for di call-up na Ronald Araujo wey Hansi Flick earlier talk say no go fit play. Instead, Raphinha wey don play full match for Brazil against Argentina no dey on di list as di coach want make e rest well after im long journey back home.
Among other fresh names wey don enter di lineup, Pau Cubarsí and Iñigo Martínez don recover from dia injuries. Cubarsí, wey suffer injury for him ankle during him match with Spain against Netherlands, don train well but go start di match for bench as a precaution. Iñigo Martínez, wey miss di international duty because of a knee injury, don work with di team for di whole week and go start against Osasuna.
Flick don change im usual way wey e dey keep di lineup secret for home matches, something wey e no do since February 17. Di need to manage injuries and make necessary adjustments for di defense lead am to make di list public. In other notable absences, Ter Stegen, Christensen, Marc Bernal, and Marc Casadó still dey recover from dia own injuries.
Dis match dey critical for FC Barcelona as dem dey ride on a seven-match winning streak and dey lead di table alongside Real Madrid. Osasuna don face bad run, no win for dia last five LaLiga matches. But remember, dem don beat Barcelona for di first encounter earlier dis season.
With calendar dey tight in di coming weeks, Flick go need to balance di workload of him players to maintain di high performance level wey dem don display. Di full list of di players wey dey go face Osasuna includes: Szczesny, Iñaki Peña, Kochen, Araujo, Koundé, Cubarsí, Iñigo Martínez, Eric García, Balde, Pedri, De Jong, Gavi, Fermín, Pablo Torre, Olmo, Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Pau Víctor, Héctor Fort, Alexis Olmedo, and Gerard Martín.
