Valverde names unchanged squad for La Liga game against Malaga

Valverde names unchanged squad for La Liga game against Malaga

Valverde, en el último entrenamiento antes de recibir al Málaga
Valverde, en el último entrenamiento antes de recibir al Málaga | sport

The coach has picked the same 18 players as he did for Olympiakos

Dembele, Alba, Rafinha, Arda, Vermaelen and Vidal are all missing

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has named an unchanged squad for Saturday's La Liga game with Malaga. 

Valverde, with Ousmane Dembele, Rafinha and Jordi Alba still injured, has opted for the same 18 players as against Olympiakos in the Champions League. 

That means, once again, there's no room for Aleix Vidal, Arda Turan or Thomas Vermaelen. 

The players called up are: Ter Stegen, Cillessen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Denis Suárez, Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, Mascherano, Paulinho, Deulofeu, Alcácer, Digne, Sergi Roberto, André Gomes and Umtiti.

Malaga are bottom of the table but have given Barça problems in recent seasons, so it remains to be seen if Valverde will opt to heavily rotate his side or not.