Antoine Griezmann starts for Atlético in La Liga Barcelona clash | OneFootball

Antoine Griezmann starts for Atlético against his former club Barcelona in La Liga matchday 30 on Saturday at 21:00. Clément Lenglet also begins, while Jules Koundé is named among the substitutes.

According to L'Équipe, the 35-year-old lines up alongside Giuliano Simeone, Alex Baena and Thiago Almada, having scored against Barça in a 4-0 Copa del Rey semi-final first leg nearly two months ago.

Atlético’s XI: Musso, Molina, Le Normand, Lenglet, N.Gonzalez, G. Simeone, Koke (cap.), Vargas, Baena, Griezmann, Almada. Julian Alvarez, Ademalo Lookman and Alexander Sorloth are among the substitutes, while Jan Oblak is injured and Marcos Llorente is suspended.

For Barcelona, Hansi Flick starts Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo and Marcus Rashford, with Ronald Araujo at right-back.

Barcelona’s XI: J.Garcia, Araujo (cap.), Cubarsi, G.Martin, Cancelo, Pedri, E.Garcia, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal, Olmo, Rashford. Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski are on the bench. Andreas Christensen, Frenkie de Jong and Raphinha miss out, with Raphinha injured in the 1-2 friendly against France more than a week ago.

Source: L'Équipe