"Araujo in for Cubarsi In fact, according to Mundo Deportivo, one of the changes that manager Flick is likely to make will be in defence, where Ronald Araujo is in line to start ahead of Pau Cubarsi. In the final training session before the game, the German coach dropped hints about his selection, and he is likely to use nearly the same starting XI that faced Real Madrid, but without a couple of notable changes."
"During the brief period when training was open to the media, after a brief talk and some physical drills, Flick divided the players into two rondos. In the first were the starters from the Real Madrid match, with Araujo in for Cubarsi and Marc Casado replacing the injured Pedri. Araujo has been left out on the bench for three games in a row since the international break, with the club captain featuring as a substitute against Girona, Olympiacos, and Real Madrid."
"Cubarsi, who has been a permanent fixture in defence for Flick, missed a few group training sessions earlier this week as part of his workload management. As such, he could be given a breather against Elche tomorrow, with Araujo stepping in. So, going by the indications in training, the Barcelona expected starting eleven vs Elche would be: Wojciech Szczesny; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Alejandro Balde; Frenkie de Jong, Casado; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Marcus Rashford, and Ferran Torres."
FC Barcelona will play Elche on Sunday after a 2-1 loss to Real Madrid. The Catalans will be without midfielder Pedri through injury, while Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo are back in contention. Hansi Flick indicated in the final training session that he will use a similar starting XI to the Real Madrid game with a couple of changes. Ronald Araujo is in line to start ahead of Pau Cubarsi. Cubarsi missed some group training as part of workload management and could be rested. Araujo has been on the bench for three matches since the international break. The expected starting eleven lists Wojciech Szczesny; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Alejandro Balde; Frenkie de Jong, Casado; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Marcus Rashford, and Ferran Torres.
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