Official: Barcelona name new-look XI to face Barbastro | OneFootball

The line-up chosen by Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick for the club’s first Copa del Rey outing of the campaign has been unveiled online.

And it features a whole host of noteworthy changes.

Stepping in between the posts for his long-awaited Blaugrana debut, for one, will be Wojciech Szczęsny, allowing for Iñaki Peña to drop to the bench.

And also in line for his very first start of an injury-ravaged campaign on Saturday evening is defender Ronald Araújo.

Elsewhere, handed rare appearances from the off by boss Flick are all of Eric García, Frenkie de Jong, Pablo Torre and Gerard Martín.

Rounding out Barcelona’s line-up, meanwhile, are Iñigo Martínez, Jules Koundé, Pedri, Fermín López and, leading the line, Robert Lewandowski.

This means that, despite reports to the contrary in the media over recent days, there is no room for Ansu Fati.

Check out the Catalans’ XI to face Barbastro, with a place in the Last-16 of the Copa del Rey on the line, in full below:

Conor Laird – GSFN