Hansi Flick has announced his starting line-up for the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Athletic Club and a big decision has been made as Wojciech Szczesny has retained his place in the goalscoring charts after keeping a clean sheet on his debut against Barbastro last weekend.
However, it is not on merit that Szczesny has remained in the lineup, but rather because regular starter Inaki Pena has been punished by Flick. As revealed by Helena Condis, the Spaniard was due to start in Saudi Arabia but after arriving late to a team session he was dropped.
Flick has taken a no-nonsense approach to these matters since becoming Barcelona head coach last summer, and he has been consistent in this latest incident. It is a big disappointment for Pena, although he only has himself to blame.
It will be very interesting to see how Szczesny fares against Athletic as he should be much busier than his Barcelona debut.
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