Pique and Dembele included in 22-man Barça squad vs. Cartagena
Valverde's squad mainly features B team players due to the international break
Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has named a 22-man squad for Wednesday's benefit match against Cartagena.
First team players Gerard Pique and Ousmane Dembele are the stand-out names on a list mainly made up of players from Barça's B team.
Neto, Carles Aleña, Sergi Roberto, Junior Firpo and Carles Perez are the other first-team players involved, with the majority away on international duty.
Japanese international Hiroki Abe could make his first appearance for the first team, while Riqui Puig is likely to be heavily involved, too.
Samuel Umtiti has not been selected and Ivan Rakitic, who has returned from international duty with Croatia, has an Achilles problem.
Here is the full squad:
- Neto
- Sergi Puig
- Piqué
- Dembélé
- Aleñá
- Sergi Roberto
- Junior Firpo
- Carles Pérez
- Morer
- Guillem
- Akieme
- Mingueza
- Araujo
- Chumi
- Riqui Puig
- Collado
- Monchu
- Sarsanedas
- Jandro
- Saverio
- Hiroki Abe
- Marqués
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