Villarreal and Barcelona both ring the changes for tonight’s Copa del Rey semi-final second leg at El Madrigal.
Victor Ruiz, Mateo Musacchio, Jonathan dos Santos, Denis Cheryshev, Trigueros, Luciano Vietto and Ikechuwku Uche are the seven new faces welcomed into the Yellow Submarine fold from last weekend’s draw at Real Madrid.
Similarly, the Catalans hand out starts to six personnel who didn’t start the 3-1 win against Granada in Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Martin Montoya, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Rafinha and Andres Iniesta.
Barca lead Villarreal 3-1 on aggregate courtesy of their first-leg victory three weeks ago but can still progress with a defeat this evening, providing they lose by just one or score more away goals.
Villarreal: Asenjo; Mario, Musacchio, Ruiz, Costa; Pina, Trigueros, Jonathan, Cheryshev; Vietto, Uche
Subs: Banuz, Giovani, Campbell, Dorado, Gomez, Gerard, Bailly
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Montoya, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Rafinha, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
Subs: Masip, Adriano, Alves, Mathieu, Xavi, Rakitic, Pedro
Referee: Fernandez Borbalan