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Barcelona coach Valverde defends selection for Huesca draw

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde defended their 0-0 draw with Huesca.

Barcelona made several changes to the team that started at Old Trafford ahead of their Champions League second leg against Manchester United, with a number of youngsters involved.

"There were many changes and many debuts," Valverde told the press afterwards.

"We're happy in this sense.

"We could've tried something more in attack, but we're happy in general.

"It was a difficult situation because lots of new people came in, but I knew it's what we had to do today.

"We've changed the shape because we had a problem with the full-backs and I didn't want to play Jordi Alba and Nelson Semedo today."

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