Before the start of the 2015-2016 Spanish national championships, the Catalonia club suffered serious losses.
On Sunday, Luis Enrique's "Primeros" began the championship with a match against Bilbao "Athletic", but the "Barcelona" coach will have to figure out how to compensate for the current losses.
Within the ranks of the Catalonia club, defender Gerard Pique, who received a red card in the Spanish Super Cup match and was suspended for 4 matches, will not participate in the match.
Frenchman Jeremy Mathieu will also miss the match, as he was punished with a yellow card in the last matches of the previous season's "Primeros". Since this was the fifth warning for the player, one-match disqualification transferred to this season and will be valid for the first round confrontation.
Due to injuries, defenders Adriano Correia and Douglas Pereira will not appear on the field for Barcelona, and Neymar, who has been sick with mumps, only started training with the team yesterday and is not yet fully fit to play.
However, there is also good news. Barcelona's doctors allowed defender Jordi Alba to play at full strength, as he missed several weeks due to injury.
Luis Enrique, along with the main team players, also invited two "Barcelona B" players to the squad - defender Juan Camara and Gerard Gumbau, who can play in defensive and midfield positions.
Registered for the match against Athletic:
Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen;
Defenders: Dani Alves, Jordi Alba, Marc Bartra, Javier Mascherano, Thomas Vermaelen;
Midfielders: Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic, Rafinha, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Gumbau, Juan Camara;
Forwards: Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Munir El Haddadi, Sandro Ramirez.
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