Five B team players in Champions League squad
As reported by Barcelona’s official website, five B team players have been called up by coach Pep Guardiola for the Champions League game against Rubin Kazin on Tuesday night. They will take the place of five first team players who will be rested. Gaby Milito, meanwhile, continues his work recovering from injury and will also miss the match.
Marc Bartra, Andreu Fontàs, Thiago Alcántara, Jonathan dos Santos and Víctor Vázquez are the five youngsters joining the squad for the final game of the group stages on Tuesday night at Camp Nou, with Alves, Xavi, Villa, Pedro and Keita all given a rest.
In addition to the five rested players, Gaby Milito will also miss the game, though he was able to work out on the training pitch today as he continues his recovery from the calf injury he picked up in the Copa del Rey game against Ceuta.
The Barça squad will stay overnight at a local hotel this evening in preparation for their match with Rubin Kazan, though they are already through to the knockout stages as winners of Group D. The players will assemble at the stadium at 20:15 tonight and travel to the hotel at 20:30 with a gentle training session at Camp Nou scheduled for Tuesday ahead of the game.
Seydou Keita has been left out of the 18 man squad as a precaution. Guardiola has decided not to risk the midfielder, who today trained in the gym with a problem with his left knee.
lol @ Bojan and Iniesta
hope to see all B's starting the match ^^
If I make it to the short list, will Bojan hug me too?
But in all seriousness, this is great. Glad to see B team players getting valuable experience in CL matches.
Bojan and Iniesta are cute together
The picture of Bojan and Iniesta just shows how close the players within the squard are tied together. compare to madrid? you dont see Ronaldo and Hiaguain hug like that. i think it is wonderfull to see such things. all this love makes me so happy!
The picture of Bojan and Iniesta just shows how close the players within the squard are tied together. compare to madrid? you dont see Ronaldo and Higuain hug like that. i think it is wonderfull to see such things. all this love makes me so happy!
I can't waiting to see our youngest players surrounding Messi and the others stars!
PS: Best regards from Greece.
Has Víctor Vázquez been injured lately and i cant seem to remember if he was loaned out last season?
I hope to see him play, see what hes like
Valdes
Adriano
Fontas
Pique
Abidal
Thiago
Busquets
Iniesta
Messi
Bojan
Jeffren
i have seen him playing few times, and to be honest, he doesn't impressed me at all..:/..but thats was just few games..just hope i saw him at his worst
..i think he played for us in Catalunya Cup
Anyone knows news about Nolito?
I really want to see Nolito’s name on that shortlist one day. Hope he keeps the faith, but of course no one will blame him if he leaves after remaining stagnant for too long : (
i would go for a lineup like this:
pinto
adriano-bartra-fontas-maxwell
thiago-masch-JDS
jeffren-bojan-vazquez
same here
+1
yeah expect victor v
you like them kids ha
No Nolito again?
nolito is 24 years old , and pep just sign affelay who will play on the wing , whats the point to promote nolito
What do you want for Christmas
v.valdes
adriano-puyol-pique-maxwell
mascherano
thiago iniesta
jeffren-messi-bojan
substitutions- bartra,fontas,jonathan dos santos
Messi will start,harsha
oh :/
Oh ye that reminds me, did he score in pre-season? :/
competition, affelay is 24 too
when i see nolito play, i think he is way more interesting than when i see afellay play.
true!
Why Vazquez?? He has no future at Barca..a few years ago he was a good talented player but its a bit like Verdu a few years ago..
Why Messi doesn't get rest? Every game he plays 90 minutes. Villa, Xavi and Iniesta all usually get rest. I'm concerned going too hard on him.
true
Nolito is good in segunda, but I remember a game in first team against stronger team and he couldn't do anything. Then again dutch league isn't also stronger than la liga.
Afellay is in national team, Nolito isn't and I doubt that he will ever get there, because competition is tough.
valdes
adriano-pique-fontas-maxwell
mascherano
thiago iniesta
jeffren-messi-bojan
Ehm… did we already include them in the official CL squad list for groupstage?
Because I think you cannot call up players that are not listed in first instance.
After groupstage, there will be another official squad list for the k.o. stage, which cannot be changed either. So they have been on the list since the beginning?!?
I did rather say awesome bonding or <3
I want to see Thiago play the whole 90 minutes
Nolito is 23 not seen him play much except against Cueta and Mallorca but never understood this signing he came to th club @ already 22 and signed a Barca B contract doesn't even look like he's going to break into the team this year!!
yes they were and Nolito wasnt thats y he hasnt been selected
cos he WANTS to play every minute. how do you tell the best player in the world "no go sit down and chill"
YES!
where’s nolito? Man, he is wonderfull, why pep didn’t call him?
i want to see jds play the whole game
aww the picture of Bojan hugging Iniesta! I think he should get more playing time this year. True he hasn't had a lot of goals, but he's hardly on the field, and when was he's made some good plays like the brilliant assist in the clasico. Fontas, Thiago, and JDS are a pleasure to watch! Pep builds the team so well.
yeah, I want to see Thiago and Jona together
and 22nd December against Bilbao 
As far as I know all under 21 players are allowed to play without being registered. And that's why Nolito was not in the training I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.
i dont really blame pipita for not wanting to hug ronaldo, if ronaldo hugs you and you are a guy you should be careful about where his hands are going
No need to play Messi and Iniesta. They deserve rest after tiresome week.
I was almost convinced that Bojan is gay. Although I would have no problem with that lol
Nolito wasn't called up because the B team have an important game against Betis at the weekend.
Barca B have an important game against Betis on Wednesday, that why Pep said he didn't call a lot of them.
On wednesday not weekend, my bad.