The big news in the call for the game against Cádiz is the return of central defender Ronald Araújo after overcoming a hamstring injury that has left him almost six weeks off the pitch. There is no doubt that it is a long-awaited return by the coaches in the face of the evident deficit of centrals in the squad, after the confirmation of Gerard Piqué's long-term injury. The doubt for Koeman will now be who will accompany Clement Lenglet tomorrow, if the recently recovered Araújo or, on the contrary, the subsidiary's central defender, Óscar Mingueza, who has played such a good role in the three games he has played with the first team.
The Dutch coach also recovers three important players after resting against Ferencvaros: Leo Messi, Ter Stegen and Philippe Coutinho.
Koeman cannot count on the three long-term injuries -Gerard Piqué, Ansu Fati and Sergi Roberto- nor Samuel UmtitiDespite the good feelings he had on Wednesday during the game with the subsidiary, he still does not have the green light from the medical services.
Who fell from the list, after having been in three consecutive calls, is the Brazilian Matheus fernandes, who played his first minutes in the Champions League against Dinamo.
So that, Koeman takes a total of 19 footballers of the first team, completing the call-up two players from the subsidiary: goalkeeper Iñaki Peña and defender Óscar Mingueza.
The complete list of footballers to play the game against Cádiz this Saturday (9pm) at Ramon de Carranza is made up of: Ter Stegen, Net, Junior, Lenglet, Araújo, Sunrise, Pjanic, De Jong, Busquets, Dest, Alena, Pedri, Riqui Puig, Griezmann, Coutinho, Messi, Trincao, Dembélé, Braithwaite, Pain Y Mingueza.