This is not a surprise given the latest trends, but it remains good news: Marco Verratti is indeed part of the group which joins this Monday Barcelona to play, this Tuesday evening (9 p.m.) at Camp Nou, the eighth-final. go to Champions League.
The Italian midfielder, victim of a sole of Dimitri Payet on the hip, had been preserved in Caen then against Nice on Saturday.
Same return also in the group of Rafinha, the Brazilian medium, who will be able to find his former club with which he was present on the evening of the Remontada, in 2017.
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For the rest, no surprise since the two major packages had been known for several days: Angel Di Maria and Neymar.
Keylor Navas, who returned to the Paris goal, after having left Sergio Rico in the interim for four matches, is also present, a sign that he has digested the match against Nice which marked his return after pain in the ribs and then in the groin.
Finally, we note in the group of 22, the presence of Edouard Michut.
The young midfielder, who signed his first three-year professional contract last summer and will turn 18 on March 4, was on the bench in Caen, in the Coupe de France, last Wednesday.
Like Xavi Simons, he is one of the young people on whom Mauricio Pochettino intends to rely in the future.
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The Youth League will allow these young people to also show their talent during the next meeting on March 2 or 3 against Sevilla, in the 32nd of their Champions League.