Barcelona match postponed after death of club doctor; Celta, Alaves, Valencia win
FC Barcelona's La Liga game at home to Osasuna scheduled to be played on Saturday night was postponed after a member of the FC Barcelona medical team Carles Minarro died
- MADRID — FC Barcelona's La Liga game at home to Osasuna that was scheduled
to be played on Saturday night was postponed after a member of the FC Barcelona
medical team Carles Minarro died.
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- Minarro passed away on Saturday afternoon at the team hotel
prior to the game, leading to La Liga postponing the league leaders' match,
reports Xinhua.
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- "La Liga laments the death of the FC Barcelona first
team doctor, Carles Minarro, and informs that for this motive the game between
FC Barcelona and Osasuna scheduled for today (Saturday) has been
postponed," read the communique from the competition's organising body.
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- Osasuna also sent their condolences to Barcelona, with a
"strong hug in these difficult moments for all the FC Barcelona
staff."
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- The postponement of the match denies Barca the chance to
open a four-point lead over Atletico Madrid at the top of the table and
Atletico could become leaders if they win away to Getafe on Sunday.
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- In the games that were played, Celta Vigo is starting to look
towards a possible place in Europe next season after coming back from a goal
down to win 2-1 at home to Leganes.
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- Leganes opened the scoring in the 18th minute after
excellent work from Juan Cruz saw him pull the ball back for the unmarked
Valentin Rosier to score from about eight meters out.
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- Celta equalized eight minutes later when Alfon Gonzalez
pulled the ball back for Oscar Mingueza to side-foot home and Gonzalez put
Celta ahead on the stroke of halftime with a smart finish after being slipped
through on goal.
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- Deportivo Alaves claimed three vital points at home to
Villarreal with a dramatic 1-0 win, while Valencia beat Valladolid 2-1 at home.
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