Barcelona travels to Milan on Monday prior to their Champions League semi-final second stage with Inter, and manager Hansi Flick will do this with most names filled on his team magazine. The German coach has only one doubt about his side that starts with the Giuseppe Meazza.
The most important question mark is about what Alejandro Balde, who looks like he will not be back in time to face the Nerazzurri in the second stage, continuing his restoration of a hamstring injury. Gerard Martin has filled in so far, but there is a growing feeling that Inigo Martinez could go to the left instead of Martin, one of the four options at his disposal.
Eric Garcia starts right-back, says Sport, with Pau Cubarsi to work together by one of Martinez or Ronald Arajo, depending on what happens with left back. They believe that Martinez will shift to the left, while MD says that Martin is still the favorite to start the game. They also note that Arajo was tired after the Valladolid competition. Balde joins Marc Casado and Marc Bernal on the Letelselijst, while Wojciech Szczesny will return to goal.
It has become clear in recent weeks that the first choice of midfield of Flick Frenkie de Jong, Pedri and Dani Olmo is. They are expected to start together again, after Olmo only played against Real Valladolid for 28 minutes. Gavi will be an option from the bank, and despite important minutes in the past month, Fermin Lopez will be.
There is no doubt about the places of Lamine Yamal and Raphinha wide, and none above Ferran Torres apparently. Robert Lewandowski looks like he will recover on time, after his return to the training Sunday, but will start with Ferran on the couch.
The decision will come down to the question of whether Flick has the feeling that Martin has the capacity to tackle better with Denzel Dumfries than last Tuesday, and if the impact of rearranging elsewhere is worth it. Barcelona cannot allow a similar superiority on the right, but unlike the replacement of Eric Garcia from Jules Kounde, it feels like Flick will choose a card from a bad hand. What might tips things is the fact that Garcia is slower than Kounde, who may argue for the pace of Araujo to balance the right side.