Cornella vs Barcelona Messi suspended
COrnella and Barcelona go head to head in the 32nd round of the Copa del Rey Thursday night.
The Blaugrana is expected to go through in the one-off meeting Cornella‘s elimination of Atletico Madrid in the previous round with Real Madridshock exit to Alcoyano will serve as enough warning about what might happen if complacency kicks in.
Ronald Koeman made several changes to his regular starting lineup, especially the inclusion of youngsters Ilaix Moriba.
Gerard Pique, Sergi Roberto, Philippe Coutinho, Ansu Fati and Sergino Dest is still injured while Leo Messi was suspended.
Barcelona’s start-XI: Neto, Oscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo, Clement Lenglet, Junior Firpo, Miralem Pjanic, Riqui Puig, Ilaix Moriba, Francisco Trincao, Antoine Griezmann, Martin Braithwaite.