Barcelona mobilized five debutants at home to The Magpies

Gilabola.com – Barcelona can involve five debutant players when they travel to Newcastle United headquarters in the first Champions League season 2025 2026, early Friday 19 September 2025. Who are they?

Barcelona will play their first match in the Champions League this season with the Magpies at St James’ Park.

The Blaugrana was very ambitious to advance to the next round in this tournament after they foundered in the semifinals last season.

When Barca was preparing to face The Magpies in their first match in Europe this season, the match could mark the debut of several young players in the Champions League.

Five debutant candidates

Joan Garcia – The one who joined Barca from Espanyol in the summer of 2025, certainly will be a starter for Hansi Flick’s squad and will play his first Champions League match. Of course, this match will be Garcia’s biggest test as far as a career at the club.

Another player who has the opportunity to make his debut at home to Newcastle is Marc Bernal. This young midfielder returned to action in the last match of Barca in the League, after missing more than one year due to the ACL injury he experienced at the beginning of last season.

In fact, if it wasn’t for the injury, it was likely Bernal had played in the Champions League last season. The reason, he managed to solidify his position at the Starting Eleven Flick in a few matches, before finally having to pull over.

Three Academy Players plus two old faces in the Champions League

Furthermore, there are three names of academy players, namely Diego Kochen, Jofre Torrennts and Toni Fernandez who are also included in the arrangement of Barca players early in the morning, and they can make debuts in the Champions League, if finally flicking.

Of the three players, the goalkeeper from the United States – Diego Kochen, is likely not to appear. The reason – besides the existence of Joan Garcia, he is also behind Wojciech Szczesny in the sequence of the main squad game.

However, Toni is likely to be able to play, especially because of the absence of Lamine Yamal and the fact that Barca will face four matches in the next 10 days. The rotation of the player will certainly be very important for the team, to avoid unnecessary injuries and workloads.

For the same reason, Jofre Torrends also has the opportunity to get minutes to play at home to The Magpies. Because at this time Alejandro Balde is still injured, while Gerard Martin finished the match against Valencia with fatigue and cramp conditions.

There are also two players who have the chance to debut their European debut with Blaugrana, despite having experience in the competition with their old clubs, namely Roony Bardghji and Marcus Rashford.