Barcelona look set to face a weakened Dynamo Kiev side in their third Champions League group game on Wednesday at the Camp Nou, report agencies. Barca will hope to welcome Marc-Andre ter Stegen back to the fold as soon as possible following Neto's howler at the weekend, but the German shot-stopper is not expected to play a part just yet.
aThe Catalan giants will also be without Samuel Umtiti, Philippe Coutinho and Ronald Araujo for matchday three, with Gerard Pique making a timely return from suspension to partner Clement Lenglet in defence.
Koeman will hope to wrap up the group as quickly as possible but is expected to shuffle the pack either way, with Trincao, Pedri and Sergino Dest all potentially coming in to the first XI.
Catalunya Radio and Sport both reported the visitors could have up to 11 first-team players missing for the game mostly because of coronavirus.The club subsequently confirmed in a statement that six players, Georgy Tsitaishvili, Denis Garmash, Mikkel Duelund, Alexander Karavaev, Tudor Belutse and Mykola Shaparenko, have all tested positive.
Assistant head coach Emil Karas has also tested positive along with four other staff members. All of the players and coaching staff are said to be “feeling satisfactory” and now self-isolating. Barcelona have won both group games so far and will be big favorites to claim all three points again on Wednesday.
