Line-ups of the FC Barcelona-Viktoria Plzen of the Champions League 2022-2023

After a lot of absent months, the FC Barcelona returns to the UEFA Champions League, The group trained by Xavi Hernández begins his way and the competition to level of clubs more important of the world this Wednesday from the 21:00 hours (CEST) with the visit of Viktoria Plzen to the Spotify Camp Nou. It initiates the distance of a Barcelona picture ilusionado and 'revolutionised' in Europe.

The Barça has registered a start of campaign almost perfect in LaLiga Santander 2022-2023, with three goleadas and a tie. The signings of the market estival have him 'changed' the face to the culés, but the big challenge will be in competing and litigate in the League of Champions, remembering that in the past campaign remained in phase of groups and that, a year before, were deleted in eighth of final.

It is thus that for the blaugrana this Champions in particular supposes an absolute challenge. Xavi Hernández will contest his first phase of complete groups and has to disposal a changing room of luxury so that the Barça advance, almost without problems, to the following phase in spite of being in the group of the death beside the Bayern and Inter of Milan. Viktoria Plzen splits, in theory, like the most affordable rival, but equally is a party that the Catalans take very seriously, put the errors are not allowed.

Alignments of the FC Barcelona-Viktoria Plzen of the Champions

• XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; S. Roberto Koundé, Christensen, Alba; Kessié, Pedri, Of Jong; Dembélé, Lewandowski and Ansu Fati.
• Bench of the FC Barcelona: Iñaki Crag, Gerard Hammered, Ronald Araújo, Sergio Busquets, Ferran Torres, Memphis, Raphinha, Eric, Alejandro Balde, Gavi, Pablo Tower and Arnau Tenas.
• XI of Viktoria Plzen: Stanek; Havel, Pernica, Hejda, Jemelka; Kalvach, Bucha; Sykora, Vlkanova, Mosquera; and Chory.

They expected rotations and Xavi Hernández has fulfilled. It has left in the bench, by rest, to players that had played it practically everything up to now: Araújo, Eric García, Busquets or Gavi. The Barça 'première' defence in this season with Sergi Roberto in the right-handed side, accompanied by Koundé and Christensen of head offices and the 'novelty' of the titularity of Jordi Alba, those who will back to an intocable Marc-André ter Stegen.

In the centre of the field, have followed the rotations. 'Busi' Has remained in the bench and Frenkie of Jong will do of defensive pivote, accompanied by the interiors Kessié and Pedri. In the forward, finally, the 'sacrificed' has been Raphinha, the one who has left the place so that Dembélé split by the right and Ansu Fati add his first titularity of the season to accompany to Robert Lewandowski in the attack.