Dembélé and Christensen return to Barça to host Betis

BARCELONA, 28 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The FC Barcelona players Ousmane Dembélé and Andreas Christensen are the main novelties in the squad of the coach, Xavi Hernández, for the match against Real Betis at the Spotify Camp Nou, corresponding to matchday 32 of LaLiga Santander.

Without a doubt, although Xavi already advanced it at the beginning of the week, the news is the return to the team of Dembélé and Christensen. In addition, after completing the sanction cycle, captain Sergio Busquets is also back.

Striker Ousmane Dembélé had been out since last January, with an injury to the rectus femoris of the left thigh suffered against Girona, on matchday 19 of LaLiga Santander.

For his part, Danish defender Andreas Christensen suffered a soleus injury in his left leg in March, which occurred in the match played with his team against Finland.

In the last training session prior to the clash, the available players trained on the grass of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper’s Tito Vilanova field, together with the youth player, also called up again, Lamine Yamal.

The list is as follows: Ter Stegen, Araujo, Busquets, Dembélé, Pedri, Lewandowski, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Iñaki Peña, Christensen, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba, Kessie, De Jong, Raphinha, Kounde, Eric Garcia, Balde, Gavi, Pablo Torre, Arnau Tenas and Lamine Yamal.