Flick finally gets Christensen ready…and rules out the Barcelona duo against Alaves

“Barcelona” head coach Hansi Flick announced his team’s roster for the 36th round of the Spanish league today, Wednesday evening, in preparation for the match against “Deportivo Alaves”.

Barcelona clinched the Spanish league title with a 2-0 win over Real Madrid last Sunday for their second consecutive title and the 29th in their history.

Despite the decision of La Liga.“Barcelona” still has some goals to achieve. The most important of them is to reach 100 points and extend the winning streak, as the Catalan team currently has 91 points, 14 points behind the runner-up Real Madrid.

The most notable feature of Flick’s Alaves squad was the return of Danish defender Andreas Christensen after completing the final phase of his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee he suffered late last year.

Rafinha is absent from the squad due to a suspension for card accumulation, along with Fermin López and Frenkie de Jong for tactical reasons, in addition to the absence of Lamine Yamal through injury.

While two young players from the reserve team return to the squad, defender Alvaro Cortez and midfielder Tommy Marquez.

The full list was as follows.

Goalkeepers: Juan Garcia, Wojciech Szczesny, Eder Alier

Defensive line: Jules Cunde, Xavi Espart, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cobarce, Eric Garcia, Gerard Martin, Alejandro Balde, Joao Cancelo, Andreas Christensen, Alvaro Cortes.

Midfield: Gavi, Marc Casado, Marc Bernal, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Tommy Marquez.

Forward: Marcus Rashford, Robert Lewandowski, Ferran Torres, Ronny Bargie