The unexpected and shocking passing of Barcelona club doctor, Carles Miñarro Garcia, at the weekend means that, quite rightly, football has taken a back seat for the Blaugranes.
Players who would’ve been in no fit state to play on Saturday night after receiving such awful news will now have to somehow gather themselves and be laser focused on the job in hand, putting everything else to the backs of their minds for 90 minutes at least on Tuesday.
Business that could see Barca in the Champions League quarter-finals by close of play.
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With Benfica not able to call upon the excellence of Alvaro Carreras after he was booked in the first-leg of the Round of 16 tie last week, the hosts could have even richer pickings than usual when Lamine Yamal gets forward.