Barcelona arrives at San Mamés in search of a place in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. The Barça club clings to the Cup as one of the competitions in which it has options to lift a title at the end of the season. The Catalans are still alive in the Europa League, the other competition in which they have options, and they are sixth in the League, 17 points behind Real Madrid, in the absence of the Catalans playing one more game.
The two novelties in the team that will present Xavi regarding the Super Cup match against Real Madrid They are Pedri and Jutgla. The Canarian midfielder entered the second half of the semifinal against the white team, while Jutglá will take the place in Luuk de Jong’s starting eleven. Xavi will bet on an eleven formed by: Ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Piqué, Araújo, Dani Alves; Pedri, Busquets, De Jong; Gavi, Jutglá and Ferran.
On the bench they will wait for their opportunity: Neto, Dest, Lenglet, Mingueza, Balde, Nico, Ansu, Riqui Puig, Abde, Álvaro Sanz, Dembélé and Memphis.
While Marcelino will go to San Mamés with these players: Unai Simon; Yuri, Iñigo Martínez, Yeray, Lekue; Muniain, Dani Garcia, Vesga, Nico Williams; Williams and Raul Garcia.
Among the substitutes of the rojiblanco team will be: Agirrezabala, Petxarroman, De Marcos, Balenziaga, Vivian, Nolaskoain, Zarraga, Berenguer, Serrano, Sancet and Villalibre.