Valverde hands Oriol Busquets debut against Murcia, Aleña also starts

Valverde hands Oriol Busquets debut against Murcia, Aleña also starts

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Barça won the first leg 3-0 and will fancy their chances

Lionel Messi is one of eight players given the night off

Ernesto Valverde will hand a debut to Barça B midfielder Oriol Busquets in Wednesday's Copa del Rey round-of-32 second leg match against Real Murcia. 

Barça go into the game with a 3-0 lead from the first leg and included five B team players in their matchday squad, with Carles Aleña also handed another first tram start. 

The other players called up from the reserve team -- Adrian Ortola, Jose Arnaiz and David Costas -- will begin the game on the bench. 

In contrast, Valverde has given eight players the night off: Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Leo Messi, Jordi Alba and Samuel Umtiti.

Barça side vs. Murcia: Cillessen; Semedo, Piqué, Vermaelen, Digne; O.Busquets, Aleñá, Denis; Deulofeu, Alcácer, A.Vidal.

Murcia side vs. Barça: Santomé; Vega, Orfila, Mateos, Melgar; Llorente, David Sánchez, Juanma; Nadjib, Renato, Abel Molinero.