Barcelona stars are set to welcome in the Chinese New Year by emblazoning their kits with their names in Mandarin tonight.Barca face arch-rivals Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey semi-finals this evening.
3Special shirt names for a special match! #ElClsico #ChineseNewYear pic.twitter.com/FWVGrwsuvh— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 6, 2019To commemorate the Chinese New Year, which is being celebrated this week, the shirts will have player names with Chinese characters just below the regular names, the first time that the Club has added new characters on the back of the shirt.Also known as the Spring Festival, this traditional festival is the most important of the year in the Chinese calendar, which in 2019 marks the Year of the Pig.This year is also an important one for the strategy of establishment of Barca in China, which will experience its most important moment next summer when the first team will visit China and Japan on their preseason tour.
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The semi-final first-leg tie will take place at Nou Camp on Wednesday, February 6 with kick at 8pm UK time.The return leg will take place at the Bernabeu on Wednesday, February 27, kicking off at the same time.Real only have injury concerns over Jesus Vallejo and Luca Zidane going into the clash but its a different story for Barelona.Ousmane Dembele,Rafinha,Jasper Cillessen andSamuel Umtiti are injured while Lionel Messi is a big doubt.
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