A vital game coming up on Sunday for FC Barcelona in La Liga. Xavi Hernández’s team take on Atlético Madrid in the Cívitas Metropolitano – Cholo Simeone’s team lie in fourth place in the table, six points behind third place Barça – with the blaugranes aiming to cut the deficit on the top two of Girona and Real Madrid.
For the game in the capital, Xavi has named a 21 man squad featuring the return of Marcos Alonso, who played his last game on 7 November. The defender had back surgery on 3 January, having played six games and four as a starter up to that point. However, the Catalan coach has had to leave out Cancelo due to a knock.
The full list for the game against Atlético Madrid is: Ter Stegen, R. Araujo, I. Martinez, Lewandowski, Raphinha, Iñaki Peña, Joâo Félix, Christensen, Fermín, Marcos A., Romeu, Vítor Roque, S.Roberto, Gündoğan, Kounde, Lamine Yamal, M. Casadó, Kochen, Cubarsí, Marc Guiu and H. Fort.
