TEMPO.CO, Madrid - Spanish international Sergio Busquets has yet to recover from his injury and will miss Barcelona's Champions League match against Ajax on Tuesday.
Busquets has been left out of coach Luis Enrique's 18-man squad for the game as a precautionary measure in the hope to be fit to face Real Madrid on Saturday.
His place is taken by 19-year-old Sergi Samper, who made his debut in Barca's 1-0 win over APOEL Nicosia in their first Champions League match last month.
French international Jeremy Mathieu is also rested, but Ivan Rakitic returns after missing Saturday's 3-0 win against Eibar.
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