by Barcelona will have Robert Lewandowski with Benfica for today’s Champions League showdown.
The top scorer of the Blaugrana began the opening of the past week in Lisbon, which Barca defeated 1-0 against Benfica, although the youth defender Pau Cubarsi was released in the middle of the first half.
They did not play in Laliga as planned when Barca’s home game with Osasuna was postponed after the first team of the first team, Carles Minarro Garcia.
Lewandowski, who turned 37 in August, had been left out of the squad named after this game, whereby he was rested before visiting Benfica due to fatigue.
The Barca boss Flick, who appeals to the fitness of the Polish star on Monday in his press conference before playing, said: “Lewandowski can play tomorrow. On Saturday he felt something during the activation meeting, but now he is doing well. “
According to his red card last week, Commessi is suspended for a last-man foul against Vangelis Pavlidis, which led to Ronald Araujo being applied early for Dani Olmo in a forced transformation.
It can be expected that this time Araujo will post next to Inigo Martinez from the start, with Andreas Christensen suffered a further setback for injuries at the end of the last month that lets him recover for four weeks.
Chelsea’s former central defender was lonely for Barcelona this season and was to return to Real Sociedad for the recent 4-0 win, even though he injured the calf in training.
However, Gavi is expected to return to Benfica after illness, while Flick is considering whether to play him or the Spanish teammate Olmo. The midfielder of teenagers Marc Bernal and long-time goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen remain absent in the long term.
Predicted Barcelona XI: Szczesny, Kounde, Araujo, Martinez, Balde, de Jong, Pedri, Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha, Lewandowski
Injured: Bernal, Christensen, Ter Stegen
Exposed: Cubarsi
Time and date: 5.45 p.m. GMT today on Tuesday, March 11, 2025,
Venue: Estatia Olimpic Lluis Companys
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