Pedri and Lewandowski rested for Barca's trip to Intercity

Barcelona will begin 2023 with a Copa del Rey encounter. The team coached by Xavi Hernandez begin with a match against third tier Intercity. The match is taking place at the Jose Rico Perez in Alicante, the home of Hercules, on Wednesday 4th January (21:00 CET).
Xavi Hernandez has selected 22 players for the match: Ter Stegen, Bellerin, Ronald Araujo, Sergio Busquets, Dembele, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Memphis Depay, Christensen, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba, Kessie, Sergi Roberto, De Jong, Raphinha, Kounde, Eric García, Inaki Pena, Balde, Gavi, Pablo Torre and Arnau Tenas.
On Tuesday morning, Barca carried out their final training session before moving to Alicante on Tuesday morning. In this session, which was behind closed doors after Monday's open door session at the Camp Nou, all the available first team players trained.
"Lewandowski has played a lot of matches and we believe he's going to play against Atletico. Rest for him and Pedri," Xavi confirmed in a press conference. Who will be available for Barca is Araujo, who returns after being injured for three months: "Tomorrow, he'll start in the cup."