FC Barcelona's Juvenil A announced their squad list for the second match of the UEFA Youth League, scheduled for Tuesday the 14th at 2:00 p.m., in which they will face Galatasaray after the 1-2 defeat against Feyenoord in their debut. The team led by Pol Planas must react and will have the incorporation of three reinforcements from the reserve team: goalkeeper Max Bonfill, full-back Pedro Rodríguez, who renewed his contract until 2030, and forward Shane Kluivert. Kluivert had already participated in the match against Rotterdam, but on Saturday he was reserved by Juliano Belletti for SD Logroñés in the Second RFEF, like Óscar Gistau, who also started in the European debut.
Among those called up, the presence of Joni Hernández stands out, who also started in the match against Feyenoord. His inclusion underlines Juvenil A's intention to achieve a decisive result in the group stage, which only has six games left before the visit to PSG on November 20. The team's schedule includes subsequent matches against Aston Villa (November 3), a trip to Azerbaijan to face Sabah (November 25) and the group stage final at the Johan Cruyff Stadium against Manchester City (December 8).
The player who will not be part of the trip is 16-year-old Ebrima Tunkara, who returned to the squad on Saturday after six weeks of absence and contributed the goal in Barça Atlètic's 1-0 victory over Juan Ybarra. The club has decided to keep him protected so that he can continue to be a key player in the promotion to the Primera RFEF.
Galatasaray, led by Alparslan Erdem, finished their first day in Lisbon with a 2-2 draw against Sporting. In the group stage of the Youth League, the top six teams will advance directly to the playoff, while places 7th to 16th will compete with the ten teams that make it through the national champions route. Barça's Juvenil A is preparing to face Galatasaray in the hope of regaining the momentum lost in their first match.