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Official: Barcelona squad list to face Girona

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4 years ago

09/04/2023

Michel Durant

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Barcelona have the golden opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the La Liga table to 15 points when they take on Girona in the Catalan derby on Monday night.

Following Real Madrid’s 2-3 defeat to Villarreal on Saturday, Barcelona can now extend their advantage and take another step towards lifting the league title with a victory over their local rivals at Spotify Camp Nou.

On the eve of the game, manager Xavi Hernandez has released the Barcelona squad list that will at his disposal for Monday night’s clash versus Girona.

As was the case for the midweek El Clasico against Real Madrid, Barça are once again without four key players in Ousmane Dembele, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong and Andreas Christensen, all of whom are recovering from their respective injury problems.

There are no other notable absentees for the Blaugrana while Xavi continues to put faith in the young talents at the club such as Aleix Garrido, Angel Alarcon, Estanis Pedrola and Marc Casado, all of whom are in the squad as well.

There had been chatter about 15-year-old academy ace Lamine Yamal potentially being called up to the squad for the first time ever, but that has not happened.