Line-ups of Athletic-FC Barcelona of the Copa del Rey 2021-2022

It follows the fight of the FC Barcelona for defending the title of the Glass of Rey, against the Athletic of Bilbao this Thursday from the 21:30 hours, team with which precisely the Barcelona confronted in the final of the past edition. The team directed by Xavi Hernández takes action after some 'mini-holidays' after remaining deleted in the semifinals of the Supercopa of Spain in front of the Real Madrid.

However, the team visits Saint Mamés in his best moment. In the Classical, with the big majority of his players disponinbles recovered, Xavi could configure a very competitive alignment with which no only planted him face to the Real Madrid of Ancelotti, but it was upper in a lot of stretches of the party. The fault of hit went back to 'punish' to the culés, that against the Athletic will have a big opportunity to give a hit on the table and be still in the fight for revalidating the title copero.

For the occasion, Xavi will not explain, officially, with Ousmane Dembélé, after it confirmed that the French will not renew. From the club has taken the decision that they will not have he deportivamente and has to look for a new team. On the other hand, neither it will be available Memphis Depay, by one overloads muscular, like this comoEric García, Sergi Roberto or Samuel Umtiti, drops of long length.

The XI of the Athletic and FC Barcelona

• XI of the Athletic Club: Agirrezabala; Of Marcos, Vivian, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri; Nico Williams, Dani García, Vesga, Muniain; Sancet and Raúl García.
• XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Alves, Araujo, Hammered, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Gavi, Pedri, Abde, Ferran Torres, Jutglà.
• Bench of the FC Barcelona: Dest, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Martin Braithwaite, Net Walled, Nico, Lenglet, Frenkie of Jong, Mingueza, Balde and Tenas.

Xavi bets by a recognizable alignment with several changes forced to confront to an Athletic of Bilbao that it always achieves 'complicate' to the Barcelona. The egarense has bet by his guardameta of confidence, Ter Stegen, to defend his three sticks. They will accompany it by in front Dani Alves in the right side, whereas in the axis find Hammered and Araújo. Jordi Alba repeats, as it already accustoms, by the left.

In the centre of the field is where more novelties there is: Xavi has left in the bench to a 'titularísimo' Frenkie of Jong and has opted byP edri and Gavi to accompany to Sergio Busquets in the medullary. The surprises also have arrived to the forward, that in this opportunity will be unpublished. Ez Abde Will split by the left extreme, Ferran Jutglà in the centre and Ferran Torres adds his second consecutive titularity splitting by the right.