Barcelona goes to Munich with a great novelty: the list of summoned for the ‘final’

FC Barcelona will face a tough challenge this Wednesday, December 8, when they face Bayern Munich, seeking victory to achieve the long-awaited qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League. For the challenge, coach Xavi Hernández made a list of 23 players, with the novelty of Ilias Akhomach.

The 17-year-old athlete was included in the list of travelers in the Catalan cast. It is worth saying that Ilais made his official debut in a Barça shirt on November 20, in the duel against Espanyol, and was a substitute in the match against Villarreal.

Iñaki Peña, Nico González, Gavi and Alex Balde are the other elements of the subsidiary team that were also considered by Xavi. The opportunities for these players came, in large part, as a result of the injury absences of Ansu Fati, Pedri, Sergi Roberto, Martin Braithwaite and Sergio Agüero.

Barcelona will collide with the Bavarians at the Allianz Arena, within the framework of the sixth day of Group E of the Champions League. The game is scheduled for 3:00 pm (Peruvian time) and will be broadcast on ESPN and Star Plus. In Spain. people will be able to see it via Movistar + and Movistar Champions League.

Although Bayern Munich has already secured its presence in the round of 16 of the tournament, it remains to be known which team will be the second classified. For Barcelona to be – second in the group with 7 points -, two more than Benfica, they will have to beat the Germans.

“It is our last chance to go through the round, it is like a final and we will have to be very intense and focused.”, Argued in the previous Memphis Depay, who does not believe that Bayern will be a less dangerous rival as they are already classified, “Because they always have a good performance and a very good mentality”.