BARCELONA.- He Barcelona–Osasunascheduled for this Saturday on the 27th day of the League, he was postponed due to the death of the Doctor of the Barca Carles Miñarro García, the Catalan entity announced in a statement.
“FC Barcelona regrets communicating the sad news of the death of the doctor of the first team, Carles Miñarro García, this afternoon,” the Barca club published a few minutes from the beginning of the match against Osasuna.
“For this reason, the match between Barcelona and Osasuna is postponed to new date,” he added.
The spectators occupied the stands of the Montjuic Olympic stadium when the postponement of the match was announced in the videomarkers, about 20 minutes from their start.
‘Rest in peace doc’
“Not to believe it. Rest in peace ‘Doc’. Much strength for family and friends. God strengthens their hearts at this hard moment,” the Uruguayan central of Barcelona, Ronald Araujo, wrote on social networks.
“I still don’t believe it. A big hug for Carles’s family and friends,” Pedri added.
“We have not put any kinds of suspension because one cannot be playing a game thinking that a person with whom you have lived permanently is no longer. The referee has seemed very correctly and starting from there,” said the president of Osasuna, Luis Sabalza, to the television platform Dazn.
The president of the Spanish Federation, Rafael Louzán, also referred to the event: “When they tell me from Barcelona what has happened, the suspension is what you have to do. That less than in its memory to postpone this party. When it is so sudden it is a difficult situation to manage.”
Barcelona is the leader of the Spanish championship with a point of advantage over Atlético and three over Real Madrid.
The rojiblancos play Sunday against Getafe and Real Madrid against Rayo Vallecano.
Alavés survives with nine
In the other matches scheduled for this Saturday, he highlighted the 1-0 victory of Alavés (18th) in his stadium after losing two players for expulsion against Villarreal (5th).
The Basque club ended a series of six games without victory with a goal by Manu Sánchez in the 11th minute.
Shortly before the game time, his goalkeeper Antonio Sivera was injured by hitting his head with a knee of the Villarreal attacker, Ayoze Pérez.
After ten minutes of interruption and review of the action in the VAR, the goalkeeper was expelled by hand outside the area. When the referee made the decision, he had already abandoned the grass to undergo hospital.
Alavés lost a second player in extension, when Antonio Blanco saw a second yellow (90+3).
With nine players, the local team endured the additional 15 minutes of the referee.
Valencia, also in the low zone (16th), achieved an important victory against the colista and almost evicted Valladolid 2-1, while Celta (8th) beat Leganés 2-1 (17th).
