Lewandowski, Raphinha and Christensen debut as starters at Barça - Rayo

Three of the new faces of this season, and registered at the last minute, will start at Barça's debut in the League against Rayo Vallecano.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
14 August 2022 Sunday 15:04
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Lewandowski, Raphinha and Christensen debut as starters at Barça - Rayo

Three of the new faces of this season, and registered at the last minute, will start at Barça's debut in the League against Rayo Vallecano. Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Andreas Christensen are the ones chosen by Xavi Hernández for tonight's game at the Camp Nou.

At the top of the attack, the third man will be the renewed Ousmane Dembélé, and the midfield will be led by Sergio Busquets, with Pablo Páez 'Gavi' and Pedro González 'Pedri' as insiders. In defence, the Dane will pair up with Eric Garcia, transferring Ronald Araújo to the right back. The left-handed lane is owned by Jordi Alba, like the goal for Ter Stegen.

For their part, Andoni Iraola's Rayo Vallecano will start with two of their additions, central defender Florian Lejeune and attacker Sergio Camello, who will be the reference in the attack.

Barcelona: Tertiary; Araujo, Eric Garcia, Jordi Dawn; ergio Busquets, Pedri, Gavi; Dembele, Raphinha and Lewandowski.

Valley Lightning: Dimitrievski; Balliu, Lejeune, Chain, Fran Garcia; Pathe Ciss, Unai Lopez; Isi, Trejo, Alvaro Garcia; and Camel.