Barça Legends will play their third match of the year against the Real Madrid Leyendas on Saturday evening (7pm local time) (Sunday 2am CET) at the Estadio Nacional Jorge "El Mágico" González in El Salvador. This comes after victories in September in Monterrey, Mexico, 3-2 against Tigres, another win, this time 3-1, two weeks ago in Abuja, Nigeria against an African XI. This will be the first of two clashes against Real Madrid as the two teams will meet again in Tokyo in two weeks time. The match will be broadcast live on FC Barcelona’s official YouTube channel.

Albert Ferrer, coach of the Barça Legends, will have a debutant in Touré Yaya. The Ivorian player spent three seasons with the Barça team, winning two league titles, a Copa del Rey, scoring a memorable goal in the final. and a Champions League, among other trophies. Martín Montoya will also make his debut under Ferrer. The former player, a La Masia product, won three league titles, two Copa del Rey trophies, and the 2015 Champions League in Berlin during his time at Barça.

Romário will also pull on the blaugrana shirt again. The Brazilian star made his debut with the Barça Legends last season in Curitiba, Brazil, in a benefit match for the Instituto de Pesquisa Pelé Pequeno Príncipe. Another new face for the match will be Jorge “El Mágico” González, who previously played with Barça during a 1984 tour of the United States alongside Diego Armando Maradona. 

Squads

The rest of the players called up for the game are: Jesús Angoy, Vítor Baía, Frédéric Déhu, Carles Puyol, Marc Valiente, Juan Pablo Sorín, Fernando Navarro, Gerard López, Marc Crosas, Phillip Cocu, Gaizka Mendieta, Roger Garcia, Nolito, Ludovic Giuly, and Javier Saviola.

Real Madrid Leyendas have called up: Iker Casillas, Kiko Casilla, Nuñez, Pepe, Pavón, Agus, Velasco, Congo, McManaman, Julio Baptista, Savio, Amavisca, Ivan Campo, Guti, Raúl Bravo, Fernando Sanz, De la Red, Balboa, and Karembeu.

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