Ernesto Valverde has announced the 19 players called up for the match this Wednesday at the Camp Nou (9.00pm CET)


The Copa del Rey semi-final first leg is upon us, and Ernesto Valverde has announced the list of 19 players called up for the El Clásico fixture against Real Madrid.

They are: Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Sergio, Coutinho, Arthur, Suárez, Messi, Malcom, Lenglet, Murillo, Jordi Alba, Boateng, S. Roberto, Aleñá, Vidal, Vermaelen and Iñaki Peña.

Todibo and Samper are out due to technical decision, whilst O. Dembélé, Rafinha, Cillessen and Umtiti are injured.

Last session with available players
On Tuesday, the team trained for the final time before the second El Clásico of the campaign. They worked out on the Tito Vilanova pitch of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, with Ousmane Dembele joining the main group and Iñaki Peña (Barça B) as well as Arnau Tenas (U19A) making up the numbers.