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Barcelona's match was postponed minutes before kickoff due to the death of the team doctor.

The La Liga match between Barcelona and Osasuna has been postponed due to the death of the Catalan club's doctor, Carles Minarro Garcia. Following Garcia's death earlier on Saturday, the postponement was announced just minutes before the match was scheduled to begin at Olympic Stadium. Both teams had announced their lineups, and the players had entered to warm up before Barcelona announced the game's postponement over the stadium's speakers. According to La Liga, the competition committee will set a new date in the coming days. "FC Barcelona is deeply saddened to announce the passing of first-team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia this evening," the club said in a statement. "For this reason, the match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna has been rescheduled for a later date. "The FC Barcelona Board of Directors and all staff extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time." Barcelona leads the La Lig...
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Carlo Ancelotti defended Jude Bellingham's lack of goals this season.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is unfazed about Jude Bellingham's decline in goal output this season, maintaining the England midfielder is still "doing very well".

Bellingham made an incredible start to his Madrid career a year ago, despite having only recently graduated from high school. Despite not being renowned as a goal scorer, the former Birmingham City prospect scored five goals in his first four La Liga games.

By his 15th game for the club, he had scored 14 goals, breaking the club record shared by Cristiano Ronaldo, Alfredo di Stefano, and 1940s striker Pruden.

A large part of that was Bellingham's advanced role on the field, which has since changed. As a result, he is still looking for his first club goal this season, having only scored for England.

"He's doing very well, making progress, his condition is very good now, even though he's not scoring goals, his job is very important, and he knows it very well," Ancelotti explained to the reporters ahead of Saturday's Clasico against Barcelona.

"Last year, we lost a vital striker in Karim [Benzema], and we replaced him with goals from Jude, Brahim Diaz, and Joselu. "Now we have a striker who can score 35 or 40 goals," the manager remarked, referring to the summer signing of Kylian Mbappe on a free.

"Last year, we lost a vital striker in Karim [Benzema], and we replaced him with goals from Jude, Brahim Diaz, and Joselu. "We now have a striker who can score 35 or 40 goals," the manager remarked, referring to Kylian Mbappe's free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

Mbappe has scored 39 or more goals in each of the last six seasons, and he already has eight in Madrid just 13 outings. Despite this, there is a sense that the Frenchman is yet to reach peak performance, having struggled with fitness following a busy year and little training.

"We are happy because he has scored goals," Ancelotti says.

"He was heavily involved in the opening two goals against Dortmund. We are already pleased with his performance, but he will improve because he possesses the necessary qualities. But we're in no hurry."
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