Coutinho back in a list without Busquets or Umtiti

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Coutinho has overcome an injury to his femoral biceps muscle. EFE

Barcelona released the squad list for this Saturday's match with Atletico Madrid (21:00 CET) at the Wanda Metropolitano. Ronald Koeman gets back Philippe Coutinho, who has been given the all clear, while he has lost Busquets and Umtiti to injury.

Philippe Coutinho is back. The Brazilian is the main new face in the Barcelona squad for the very tough trip to the Wanda to face Atletico Madrid this Saturday (21:00). 

After several weeks out because of a femoral biceps injury in his left leg, he returned to training on Monday and this Friday, the club annonced the news that he had been given the medical all clear to return to Ronald Koeman's list. 

On the other hand, Ronald Araujo, Ansu Fati, Sergio Busquets and Umtiti are all out injured. Matheus has been left out for tactical reasons. 

Barca trained on Friday for the last time at their training complex before the blockbuster clash. Neto Murara, despite being in the 21 man squad, did individual work during the session. 

Barcelona's full squad list for the match with Atletico Madrid is the following: Ter Stegen, Sergiño Dest, Piqué, Aleñá, Griezmann, Pjanic, Braithwaite, Messi, Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Coutinho, Lenglet, Pedri, Trincao, Sergi Roberto, De Jong, Junior Firpo, Mingueza and Arnau Tenas.

 

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