Official: Barcelona squad list to face Athletic Club | Copa del Rey

Barcelona will be travelling to the Basque country to face off against Athletic Club tomorrow in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

After the mauling at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final, Barcelona have recovered with back-to-back wins against Unionistas de Salamanca and Real Betis. And they will be eager to make it three in a row tomorrow and book a place in the cup semi-finals.

Ahead of the game, manager Xavi Hernandez has released the squad list of players that will be at his disposal for the match.

The big news is that star defender Joao Cancelo has received the medical green light and is back in the squad for the Athletic Club encounter.

Another player, Andreas Christensen, has also recovered from his discomfort and is back in the squad after missing the last game against Real Betis.

Xavi has also named a number of young talents on the squad list with Hector Fort, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Guiu, and Aron Yaakobishvili called up along with the usual names of Lamine Yamal, Ander Astralaga, and Fermin Lopez.

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