Hansi Flick has quite a few important damage worries to concern himself with as Barcelona put together to tackle Osasuna on Saturday night time.
The German supervisor has loved a largely profitable begin at Camp Nou however accidents have begun to pile up, which means Flick has needed to dip into the membership’s crop of homegrown kids. Nevertheless, Barca are coping with the absences nicely, bouncing again from defeat in Monaco to defeat Villarreal and Getafe in La Liga.
Barca lead Actual Madrid on the high of the desk by 4 factors, however can they lengthen that benefit earlier than Los Blancos battle Atletico Madrid within the capital derby on Sunday?
Here is the lineup Flick may deploy on Saturday night.
GK: Inaki Pena – Marc-Andre ter Stegen is out for the season and Barca have been linked with all method of goalkeepers in current days. Nevertheless, Inaki Pena has crammed in through the brief time period and he’ll proceed his run within the group right here.
RB: Jules Kounde – Acquired some massive reward from Flick within the aftermath of the Getafe win. Has little competitors for the right-back spot.
CB: Pau Cubarsi – One of many Barca kids launched by former supervisor Xavi final season, Cubarsi oozes confidence at solely 17 years of age and will get within the group with Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen each sidelined by damage.
CB: Inigo Martinez – Solely three gamers have performed extra minutes in La Liga for Barca up to now this season than Martinez, who has began all seven video games up to now.
LB: Alejandro Balde – Gives an electrical presence from left-back, however the 20-year-old remains to be trying to find his first objective contribution of the marketing campaign.
DM: Eric Garcia – With the likes of Christensen, Fermin Lopez, Marc Bernal and Dani Olmo out, Garcia has grabbed some sport time in midfield. It went terribly towards Monaco and each Gavi and Frenkie de Jong may very well be again quickly to edge him out of the beginning XI.
DM: Pedri – Nonetheless solely 21, the Euro 2024 winner loved a 13-minute cameo towards Getafe however ought to grace El Sadar’s turf from the beginning on Saturday night time.
RM: Lamine Yamal – Main La Liga for assists with 5 up to now, Yamal has been the distinction maker in quite a few Barca video games already this season. It is very possible he’ll impress once more on the weekend.
AM: Pablo Torre – Torre took his likelihood on his first begin of the season, grabbing a objective and an help as Barca thrashed Villarreal 5-1. He might should bat away competitors from Marc Casado for sport time.
LM: Raphinha – The Brazil worldwide adopted up his obliteration of Villarreal with a extra subdued show towards Getafe. Nonetheless, solely two gamers have scored extra usually in La Liga than Raphinha up to now in 2024/25.
ST: Robert Lewandowski – A kind of two marksman is Lewandowski, the opposite being Ayoze Perez. The Poland striker appears to be like as deadly as ever, hitting the again of the web seven occasions already in Spain’s high flight.
