Official: Barcelona register two 17-year-old starlets to UCL squad ahead of Shakhtar game

Barcelona will lock horns with Shakhtar Donetsk in their third UEFA Champions League clash of the season in a matter of hours.

Ahead of the match, though, the Catalans have successfully registered two young talents, Hector Fort and Marc Guiu, in their squad list for the Champions League.

Special week for Marc Guiu

Marc Guiu made his first-team debut for Barcelona on Sunday night, coming on as a substitute against Athletic Club.

Within seconds of stepping onto the pitch at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, the 17-year-old striker made a match-winning contribution, scoring the only goal of that game.

With Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha still not recovering from their injuries, Barça were going into the game against Shakhtar tonight short-staffed in attack.

As such, the Blaugrana had been working to add Guiu’s name to the squad list in time for the game, as regulations allow clubs to add homegrown youth players to the roster as part of List B until a day before a game.

Guiu, who was not initially included in the Champions League squad, has now been added to the list and will be eligible to feature against Shakhtar tonight.

Hector Fort gets onto the list as well

Last week’s game against Athletic Club was the first time that 17-year-old Hector Fort was called up to a first-team squad list.

The young right-back was brought in as cover at right-back as both Sergi Roberto and Jules Kounde are unavailable due to injuries.

And, as a result, he has also now been added to the Champions League squad as part of List B, as is the case with Guiu.

Both players have already been called up by Xavi for tonight’s game and with their registrations now taken care of, it will be interesting to see if they feature against Shakhtar.