Antoine Griezmann makes his full debut for Barça against Chelsea

Antoine Griezmann makes his full debut for Barça against Chelsea

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He forms a three-man attack alongside Dembélé and Collado; De Jong and Neto on the bench

FC Barcelona begin their preseason for the 2019/20 season against Chelsea in the Rakuten Cup. Antoine Griezmann is the biggest new name in Ernesto Valverde's starting line up.

A lot of the major stars are still on holiday so Griezmann will lead the attack.

Fellow new faces Neto and Frenkie de Jong are on the bench.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen starts in goal. Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Umtiti and Jordi Alba make up the defensive backline. Lenglet is perhaps the surprise omission from last season's first choice defence.

Sergio Busquets is joined by Oriol Busquets and Riqui Puig in midfield. De Jong and Rakitic are likely to come on in the second half.

With Leo Messi, Luis Suarez, Coutinho, Arthur and Arturo Vidal on holiday it's upfront where the biggest changes are.

Antoine Griezmann will play as the main striker and he's accompanied by Barça B youngster Collado and his fellow countryman Ousmane Dembélé.

Hiroki Abe misses out through injury.

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