Why Barcelona Are Coming to Africa for Their Copa Del Rey Round of 16 Clash Against AD Ceuta

• After winning the Spanish Supercopa in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Barcelona is off to the continent of Africa on Thursday, January 19.
• The Catalan giants are to resume their Copa del Rey campaign in the round of 16 against AD Ceuta, a club that borders Morocco on the northern coast of Africa.
• Barcelona is pushing to continue their push for all domestic titles after recently being crowned champions of the Spanish Super Cup.

Newly crowned Spanish Super Cup champions, Barcelona are heading to Africa, just a few days after defeating Real Madrid 3-1 in Saudi Arabia.

The Catalan giants have been drawn to play Spanish third-tier side AD Ceuta which is a club that borders Morocco on the northern coast of Africa.

According to ESPN, Ceuta which has a population of around 85,000 people has been in Spain's possession since 1580 although Morocco does not officially recognize it as Spanish territory.

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The city which has lots of youngsters already in the big academies in Spain is closer to Tangier and Rabat than Madrid and Barcelona.

Barcelona will be hoping to breeze past Ceuta with little stress to book a quarterfinal spot in the Copa del Rey as the Catalan giants push for more trophies under Xavi.

Kessie and Fati to start for Barcelona

Meanwhile, Franck Kessie and Ansu Fati are expected to start for Barcelona when they faceoff against AD Ceuta at Estadio Alfonso Murube in the Round of 16, The Hard Tackle reports.

Franck Kessie should sit at the base of the midfield as Barcelona’s midfield will see fringe players getting an opportunity with the Ivorian to join Sergi Roberto and Pablo Torre in the middle of the park.

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Ferran Torres might spearhead the Barcelona attack against AD Ceuta. The Spaniard should accompany Ansu Fati and Raphinha in the final third.

How Barcelona superstars show up to training

Earlier, Sports Brief reported footage has emerged showing Barcelona stars driving to training and as expected, the cars on show were spectacular.

As players of the Catalan giants turned up to training, following their Supercopa de España triumph over El Clasico rivals Real Madrid, it was their modes of transport that caught the eye.

While manager, Xavi Hernandez is normally chauffeured to the training facility, his Super Cup heroes rolled to work in some very expensive wheels, as shared on TikTok.