08/13/2020 - 9:14
- Clarín.com
- sports
The dream of conquering a new Champions League is already underway. A few hours before the match against Bayern Munich, for the quarterfinals, undoubtedly one of the most attractive matches in this instance, Lionel Messi's Barcelona left Spain and traveled by plane to Lisbon, where he landed around noon in Portugal.
Once they arrived in the Portuguese capital, the 26-player squad, headed by the Argentine captain, moved to the Sheraton hotel, where they will rest until the hour of the last training session before the expected duel.
The Barcelona expedition began early in the morning, when the delegation met at the Catalan club's sports grounds and, after a new temperature control, the players divided into two buses and headed to El Prat airport.
Among those summoned by Quique Setién for the definition of the Champions League, the presence of Martin Braithwaite surprised, who despite not being registered to play the competition, traveled with the rest of the players by decision of the coach to accompany the team.
In addition, among those called up is Ousmane Dembélé , who is recovering from a complete rupture of the proximal tendon of the biceps femoris in his right leg.
Although the Frenchman has not yet received a medical discharge , these days he trained with his teammates, so it is not ruled out that he can play in the event that Barsa progresses.
Barcelona is already in Lisbon.
Those absent were Arthur Melo , who was removed from the team for returning 11 days later from his vacation, and the injured Samuel Umtiti.
How will the Culé schedule in Lisbon? The hotel chosen by Barcelona was The Sheraton Lisboa, located in a central area of the Portuguese capital.
After lunch, the squad will rest and in the afternoon they will move to the Da Luz Stadium to carry out the last training session before the meeting on Friday at 16:00. In addition, Quique Setién and Arturo Vidal will participate in the press conference.
The great concern of Barsa in the preview of this match was Lionel Messi. After the tough tackle from Kalidou Koulibaly, on Tuesday La Pulga trained with a bandage on his left ankle. However, on Wednesday he no longer used it and was recovered from the discomfort.
Along with the squad, Josep María Bartomeu, the president of Barsa, the vice Jordi Moix and other managers, including Éric Abidal, the sports director, also moved .
The 26 summoned by Quique Setién: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Luis Suárez, Messi, Dembélé, Neto, Lenglet, Griezmann, Jordi Alba, Braithwaite, Sergi Roberto, De Jong, Arturo Vidal, Junior, Iñaki Peña , Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Araujo, Monchu, Mingueza, Konrad, Reis and Jandro.
Source: agency
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