Barcelona and Real Madrid will both enter the Copa del Rey -final that is hindered by injuries, but it seems that Hansi Flick is more certain than Carlo Ancelotti about his starting XI in Seville.
On Wednesday evening, Real Madrid David Alaba and Eduardo added Camavinga to their injury list that already contains Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal. Ferland Mendy and Kylian Mbappe are both expected to be fit for the final, but Ancelotti reportedly has two doubts in the last 72 hours before the game.
For Barcelona, ​​Flick seems to have made a decision, although there was less doubt about his starting XI. Alejandro Bald and Robert Lewandowski will both miss due to injury, just like Marc Casado and Marc Bernal. Marc-Andre ter Stegen returns to the team, but is not expected to play.
Gerard Martin will replace Bald on the left, according to MD, and perhaps more important, Dani Olmo will get a start against Real Madrid, his first of the season. Earlier it had been reported that Fermin Lopez would get the nod, with Olmo from the bank, for Pedri and Frenkie de Jong. The usual suspects, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez will accompany Martin for Wojciech Szczesny.
The front three almost picks themselves, with Raphinha and Lamine Yamal on either side of Ferran Torres. The big names to miss are Gavi and Fermin, who might offer more a defensive working speed than OLMO, but are less inventive when they go in the last third part.
With Lewandowski, who is less mobile, Flick might prefer Fermin's working speed of the ball, but if Torres led the press, that would make less a consideration. Olmo certainly gives Barcelona a more astute lead, while Gavi might be the most defensive of the choices.