It’s that time of the year again—CHAMPIONS LEAGUE is upon us!
The lineups for the matches between Barça and Atlético de Madrid, as well as PSG and Liverpool, have been announced!
Barça vs Atleti
This matchup sees both teams grappling with significant absences.
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The Catalan side will miss Frenkie De Jong and Raphinha, whereas Atlético de Madrid will be without Jan Oblak, José Maria Gimenez, Pablo Barrios, and Johnny Cardozo.
On a brighter note, Jules Koundé makes his return for Barcelona, with Robert Lewandowski spearheading their attack, while Antoine Griezmann will feature for Atlético.
Here are the official lineups:
FC Barcelona: J. Garcia – Koundé, Cubarsi, G. Martin, Cancelo – Pedri (cap), E. Garcia – L. Yamal, Olmo, Rashford – Lewandowski.
Atlético de Madrid: Musso – Molina, Le Normand, Hancko, Ruggeri – Simeone, Llorente, Koke (cap), Lookman – Griezmann, Alvarez.
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PSG vs Liverpool
For the second consecutive year, these two teams meet in a Champions League knockout stage—this time in the quarter-finals.
PSG’s coach Luis Enrique has to navigate injuries to Fabián Ruiz and Bradley Barcola, leading him to field an attacking trio of Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
In an unexpected turn, Mohamed Salah will start on the bench for Liverpool, while Hugo Ekitike is confirmed as part of the starting lineup.
Here are the teams’ lineups:
PSG: Safonov – Hakimi, Marquinhos (cap), Pacho, N. Mendes – Vitinha, Joao Neves, Zaïre-Emery – Doué, Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia.
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Liverpool: Mamardashvili – Gomez, Konaté, Van Dijk (cap), Kerkez – Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister – Frimpong, Ekitike, Wirtz.
What are your predictions for this Wednesday? We want to hear from you!
This article has been translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.