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Five Barcelona players at risk of suspension for Europa League semi-finals

Barcelona welcome Eintracht Frankfurt to Camp Nou on Thursday to try and advance to the Europa League semi-finals, and while the main objective is to beat the German side and book a place in the Final Four the Blaugrana also have to avoid key suspensions for the next round.

Gerard Piqué, Eric García, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Gavi are one yellow card away from an automatic one-game ban, which would cause them to miss the first leg of a potential semi-final against either Lyon or West Ham United away from home. All five of those players already avoided a yellow against Frankfurt last week and will have to do it again to be able to play in the next round if Barça do move on.