The owner of the King's Cup "Barcelona" will start the 2015-2016 season tournament on Wednesday against "Villanovense", who plays in the third division of Spain.
In the city of Villanueva de la Serena in the Extremadura region, the Catalans will be without several key players, and the "Barca" roster will include not 18, but 16 players - as stipulated in the King's Cup tournament regulations, when a top league club plays against a lower division team.
By decision of Luis Enrique, Claudio Bravo, Luis Suarez, Neymar, Gerard Pique, Javier Mascherano and Andres Iniesta will remain in Barcelona. They will be replaced by players from "Barcelona B" team.
Invited for the match against "Villanovense"
Goalkeepers: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jordi Masip;
Defenders: Dani Alves, Jordi Alba, Marc Bartra, Thomas Vermaelen, Jeremy Mathieu, Adriano Correia, Douglas Pereira;
Midfielders: Ivan Rakitic, Gerard Gumbau, Wilfrid Kaptoum, Sergi Samper;
Forwards: Munir El Haddadi, Sandro Ramirez, Aitor Cantalapiedra.
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