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Neymar back for Barcelona but Turan misses Athletic tie

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Barcelona take a 2-1 lead into the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final against Athletic Bilbao and are boosted by Neymar's return.
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Neymar is set to return to action for Barcelona in Wednesday's Copa del Rey quarter-final clash against Athletic Bilbao.

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The Brazil captain sat out Barca's 2-1 Liga victory at Malaga on Saturday with a hamstring injury but has been named in Luis Enrique's 18-man matchday squad alongside fellow forward Luis Suarez, who has completed a two-match Copa del Rey suspension.

Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta have recovered from a bout of flu but fellow midfielder Arda Turan is still laid low and will miss the match.

Holders Barcelona take a 2-1 aggregate advantage into the Camp Nou encounter against last season's beaten finalists following last week's first leg.

Munir and Neymar scored first-half goals before prolific striker Aritz Aduriz struck a minute from time to give Athletic hope.

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