Barcelona will be without five key players when they face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the semi-final of the Copa del Rey on Thursday due to injury.

The players are Marcus Rashford, Raphinha, Gavi, Pedri and Andreas Christensen.

The Blaugrana disclosed this in a post via their website on Wednesday.

This is coming after Barcelona’s LaLiga 3-0 win against Mallorca on Saturday.

The Catalan club had booked their place in the Copa del Rey semi-final after beating Albacete in the quarter-final stage a few days ago.

Hansi Flick’s side is currently on top of the LaLiga table with a point ahead of second-position Barcelona.