Barcelona is preparing to face Valladolid this evening, Saturday, in the 34th round of the Spanish League for the 2024-2025 season, in a meeting held at the “Noyfu Jose Zorilla” stadium, at exactly ten o’clock in the evening Cairo time, Mecca and Doha, and eleven in the evening Abu Dhabi time.
Barcelona tops the La Liga table with 76 points from 33 games, after achieving 24 victories and 4 draws and received 5 defeats, and its players scored 89 goals compared to 32 goals in their net, to show the team with a distinguished offensive performance under the leadership of German coach Hans Felk.
Changes in the Barcelona list against Valladolid
Felk announced his list of the match, which witnessed the absence of defender Gul Conde due to injury, Polish striker Robert Lewandowski for technical reasons, while the list included three young faces, Noah Darwish, Danny Rodriguez, and defender Landre Varie, indicating the coach’s intention to rotate the formation and give the opportunity to emerging players.
The Catalan club list came as follows:
Goalkeeping: Ter Stegen – Chesney – Inaki Benia.
Defense line: Cubarry – Arakho – Eino Martinez – Christines – Landre Varie – Eric Garcia – Hector Fort – Gerard Martin.
Midfield: Javi – Bidri – Firmin Lopez – Danny Olmo – Frenke de Young – Noah Darwish – Danny Rodriguez.
The offensive line: Ferran Torres – Ansu Fati – Ravenia – Lamine Yamal – Pu Victor.
Barcelona will enter the meeting with high spirits after crowning the King’s Cup title at the expense of its rival Real Madrid 3-2, and the team seeks to continue the victories and expand the difference with Real Madrid before the upcoming El Clásico in the next round.
As for Valladolid, the meeting will be played after his official decline in the second division, where he is in last place with 16 points, and has the worst defense in La Liga after receiving 81 goals during 33 games.
Despite Barcelona’s broad victory in the first leg, Felk warned his players against negligence, stressing the importance of physical and mental focus amid crowds of matches and challenges of the Champions League.
