Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick said his team will face Benfica in the Champions League today playing for club doctor, Carles Minarro, who died on Saturday
The Catalan giants hold a 1-0 lead in the last 16 tie from the first leg in Lisbon ahead of the clash at the Olympic Stadium.
Barcelona’s La Liga match on Saturday against Osasuna was postponed 20 minutes before kick-off after the 53-year-old doctor died that afternoon.
“It’s a huge loss, Carles was a really great person, but also a great doctor, and this combination of Ricard ,Pruna, another club doctor, and him was unbelievable for the club and for the team”, Flick told a news conference yesterday.
Doctor Minarro had been working with different Barcelona sides since 2017, and began working with the men’s football first team a few months ago.
Barcelona beat Benfica 5-4 in Lisbon in the group stage and then again with 10 men for most of the game last week after Pau Cubarsi was sent off.
