Xavi Hernández prepares for the UEFA Champions League match against FC Royal Antwerp in Barcelona on September 18, 2023.
FC Barcelona are set to face Athletic Club tonight.
Athletic Club are set to resume their La Liga campaign after the latest international break.
The club has completed the preparations for the match and announced the team that will participate in this match on behalf of the Catalan club.
As reported here, Xavi called up 19 players for this match.
The squad for this match is a little shorter than usual.
This is mainly due to various injuries to first team players including Kunde, Lewandowski, Roberto, Pedri, De Jong and Raphinha.
Three youngsters were invited by xavi
This shortage of manpower led Xavi to invite three players from his branch, SPORT reported.
According to the squad list published by FC Barcelona, the first team includes Hector Fort, Unai Hernández and Marc Giou.
Alejandro Balde and Lamin Yamal are also part of the team announced for the next matches, recovering from injuries suffered in recent weeks.
Guiu, Hernández and Fort.
Marc Jiu has already been called up by Xavi but failed to make his first team debut against Granada.
He has more targets and still gets chances to score without having to roam the field.
Two other young players, Unai Hernández and Hector Pott, are also very interesting players.
Hector Fort operates primarily as an attacking right-back, with Xavi calling him up due to injury to Kunde and Sergi Roberto making that position very thin.
Unai Hernández operates primarily in midfield, but his versatility allows him to be comfortable inside and on the wing.
Both players played a few minutes in the starting lineup in a friendly against Japan’s Vissel Kobe last summer and will be hoping to feature tonight.
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