FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna play this Thursday (20.00 hours) the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup and both teams will get their best eleven possible to look for the ticket for Sunday’s grand final, in which Real Madrid is already waiting after its victory in the other semifinal against Atlético de Madrid (5-3).
Barça reaches the duel against the reds with the injuries of Ter Stegen, Marcos Alonso and Gavi and will also not be able to count on Iñigo Martínez and Cancelo, who traveled to Saudi Arabia without medical discharge. The question is to know if Pedri will be available after participating in yesterday’s training with the rest of his teammates. Except for surprise, coach Xavi Hernández will bet on an eleven very similar to the one that managed to beat Almería although with some rotation.
Iñaki Peña will start under sticks and aims to be escorted by a line of four defenders with Koundé, Araujo, Christensen and Balde, while the midfield would be made up of De Jong, Gündogan and Sergi Roberto. The alternative in the core would be Fermín after his good match in Barbastro. In the front is where Xavi has more options to choose from and everything indicates that the attacking hat-trick will be composed of Raphinha, Lewandowski and Ferran Torres. The Portuguese Joao Félix and the young Lamine Yamal could also have options of starting, while Vitor Roque will wait for his chance on the bench.
For his part, Osasuna will want to give the surprise to move to the grand final of the Spanish Super Cup and has an absence of weight. The Argentine Chimy Ávila has some discomfort in the soleus of his left leg and will not be able to be available to Jagoba Arrasate, who will not be able to line up the injured Nacho Vidal and Unai García either. Despite this, Osasuna will be able to get a quite recognizable eleven and the forecast is that he will play with Sergio Herrera as a goalkeeper, Areso, Catena, David García and Juan Cruz in defense, Torró, Aimar Oroz and Pablo Ibáñez in the core and up with Moncayola, Moi Gómez and Budimir.
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