Xavi recovers João Félix in Barça's debut in the Cup against Barbastro

Barcelona debuts in the Copa del Rey in Barbastro with an eleven full of starters and with only one player from the reserve team, Héctor Fort, who will occupy the left back after Alejandro Balde is out due to illness.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
06 January 2024 Saturday 21:32
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Xavi recovers João Félix in Barça's debut in the Cup against Barbastro

Barcelona debuts in the Copa del Rey in Barbastro with an eleven full of starters and with only one player from the reserve team, Héctor Fort, who will occupy the left back after Alejandro Balde is out due to illness. Cancelo will not be there either, injured. To make up for the Portuguese's first loss, Xavi will move Koundé or Araújo to the right.

The eleven of FC Barcelona: Iñaki Peña; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen, Héctor Fort; Oriol Romeu, De Jong, Fermín, Raphinha, Ferran Torres and João Félix.

For now, the Brazilian Vitor Roque will start from the bench, who played his first minutes with the Barcelona shirt in Gran Canaria leaving good feelings. The Barcelona forward will be made up of Raphinha, Ferran Torres and João Félix, who regains ownership after being named at half-time in the match against Almería and being a substitute in Gran Canaria.

For Barbastro it is the biggest sporting challenge they have had in their history with the confrontation in the Barbastro municipal against FC Barcelona in the round of 32 of the Copa de Rey and they dream of leaving the Catalan team in the gutter.

The tie is becoming quite an event in the Somontano region, both sporting and social. The municipal soccer field is going to be filled with more than six thousand people who will support the Huesca team in the municipal stadium

Once del Barbastro: Arnau; Gasco, Mingotes, Jaime Ara, Franc Carbonell; Javier López, Israel, Rausell; Bautista, Adrià de Mesa and Óscar González.