How will Barcelona line up against Napoli in the Europa League? | Defense

 

With Dani Alves unavailable for the Europa League and Sergiño Dest doing very little to impress in his place over the last couple of games, the right-back spot is a real question for Thursday. Will Xavi give Dest another chance or will he go with Óscar Mingueza, who played well at right-back against Napoli last week and had a nice cameo off the bench at Valencia?

It would be far from shocking to see Dest dropped again, with Xavi hoping for Mingueza’s defensive presence to add some balance to the team when they have the ball. But right-back is the only question about the backline: with Eric García having a small relapse of his injury and Clément Lenglet back in training but not ready to start yet, Gerard Piqué and Ronald Araujo will play in the middle with Jordi Alba once again at left-back.