This afternoon Barça Atlètic has the first chance to get closer to LaLiga Hypermotion. The Barça reserve team is visiting Ibiza in the first leg of the Second Division playoff, and we already know the eleven players that Rafa Márquez will trust to start at the Palladium Can Misses (7:15 p.m. / Esport3, FEFtv.es).
The Mexican coach is betting on: Marc Vidal; Héctor Fort, Pelayo, Sergi Domínguez, Gerard Martín; Moha, Casadó, Bernal; Pau Víctor, Marc Guiu, and Unai Hernández.
On the bench will be Astralaga (ps); Garrido, Alarcón, Cuéllar, Edu Sánchez, Pocho Román, Noah Darvich, Pau Prim, Dani Rodríguez, Alexis Olmedo, and Guille Fernández.
The highlight of this lineup is the return of Héctor Fort. The Barcelona full-back ended the season in the first team dynamic with Xavi Hernández, and this Sunday, he returns to the eleven after more than two months since his last game with the reserve team on March 31 at Tajonar (2-3). The defender started the season as a right-back due to Trilli‘s injury, until he moved up to the first team, and that position had to be filled by the Galician himself, who has struggled with injuries, Marc Casadó, Moha Moukhliss, or Alexis Olmedo.
Since last October, Xavi Hernández’s calls have been alternating with those of the reserve team, but it wasn’t until the beginning of this year, after playing in the U-17 World Cup and due to Cancelo’s injury, that the Barcelona player joined the Barça dynamic. He has played 10 games this season, totaling 536 minutes, with three assists. With Márquez, he played 1047 minutes, scored one goal, and provided another.
On the flip side, due to the absence of Mika Faye who was called up by Senegal, and Mbacke who is nursing an ankle injury, Sergi Domínguez and Pelayo Fernández will be the pair guarding the goal for Marc Vidal, who outperformed Astralaga. Marc Bernal will make a return to the starting lineup after representing Spain in the U-17 Euro, where they were defeated by Portugal, France, and England in the group stage. The top scorer in Primera RFEF, Pau Víctor, will be supported by Marc Guiu and Unai Hernandez.
Aleix Garrido is patiently waiting on the bench after being called up three months later. Back on February 25, he fractured the fifth metatarsal of his left foot, which required surgery. Finally, on Saturday, he was discharged.
This content has been translated and adapted from the Spanish version of the digital newspaper
