Josep Guardiola has named 20 players for the game on Wednesday at BATE Borisov. These are the 18 fit first team players plus Isaac Cuenca and Jonathan dos Santos from the reserves.
The squad
Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Piqué, Fàbregas, Puyol, Xavi, Villa, Messi, Thiago, Mascherano, Keita, Sergio
Busquets, Pedro, Maxwell, Adriano, Abidal, Fontàs, Cuenca and Dos Santos.
FC Barcelona have their second Champions League fixture this week at BATE Borisov. The players fly
to Minsk (Belarus) on Tuesday and the manager has named 20 players to travel after training on
Monday, which includes two players from Barça B, Isaac Cuenca and Jonathan dos Santos.
After a rest day on Sunday, the players got back to work on Monday as they prepare for the
return of European competitions. All 18 first team players were involved, along with Muniesa, who
is training with the first team as he recovers from injury.
Reserve involvement
The session at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper also featured nine members of the
Barça B squad, namely Cristian Lobato, Isaac Cuenca, Javier Espinosa, Gustavo Ledes, Kiko Femenía,
Carlos Carmona, Ivan Balliu, Jonathan dos Santos and Gerard Deulofeu.
Travel plans
The squad will be flying to Minsk early on Tuesday morning, They are due to meet at
the Camp Nou at 8.15 for a coach transfer to the airport. The flight leaves at 9.00 and should
arrive in Minsk at about 13.40. They will then be taken directly to their hotel, and at 18.45,
Josep Guardiola and one player will be giving a press conference. At 19.30, the squad will train in
the Dynamo Stadium in Minsk.
* All local times, Belarus time is CET +1.