The year 2025 starts in Barbastro for FC Barcelona as on Saturday at 7pm CET they take on the club from Aragón in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey. The meeting is a repeat of the tie from the same stage of the competition last season when the blaugranes were pushed all the way by the fourth tier side in a 3-2 victory for Barça.
The opening game of the year is also the team's debut in the cup after receiving a bye in previous rounds due to their participation in the upcoming Spanish Super Cup.
For the cup game coach Hansi Flick has named the following squad: Cubarsí, Balde, R. Araujo, I. Martinez, Gavi, Pedri, Lewandowski, Ansu Fati, Iñaki Peña, Pablo Torre, Fermín, M. Casadó, F. De Jong, Kounde, Eric, Szczęsny, Astralaga, Gerard Martín, S. Domínguez and A. Fernández.