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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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Liverpool hopes for two injury returns against Arsenal, but without Diogo Jota.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot is hopeful that he will have an extra squad option or two available when the Premier League leaders travel to Arsenal on Sunday.

The Reds' strong start to the season continued in midweek with a 1-0 Champions League victory over RB Leipzig, but the weekend clash against Arsenal is viewed as pivotal, both for their own potential title challenge and to determine whether the squad is ready to perform against the biggest opponents after a kinder run of games at the start of the season.

Slot has had to alter his lineup recently due to a slew of injuries, including first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker, while centre-forward Diogo Jota went down last weekend and will miss the trip to Leipzig.

While the Portuguese attacker is not ready to return, new signing Federico Chiesa has a slim possibility of playing if he makes it to the last training sessions, while full-back Conor Bradley may potentially return.

When asked about the injured players, he replied, "They feel good, but not when it comes to playing on weekends."


"Federico may train today or tomorrow, but Diogo will not. Conor, let us try if he can join us tomorrow."

Midfielder Harvey Elliott is also currently out injured and has yet to start for Slot, making only one cameo appearance in August before being sidelined.

Meanwhile, Caoimhin Kelleher has performed admirably as Alisson's replacement, and the Irish goalkeeper will be required for at least three more games, Slot said.

"Alisson is progressing as expected, but this is not a short-term recovery. It's always difficult to judge; the greatest time to do so is near the end of recovery, which he isn't yet at. I'm not sure how much longer he'll be out, but don't anticipate him to play against Brighton in the cup or next week.

Arsenal are missing a few first-team players, including Martin Odegaard who is injured, Jurrien Timber and Bukayo Saka who are both undergoing fitness tests, and William Saliba, who is suspended.


Regardless, Slot anticipates a difficult challenge in what is seen as an early marker match for the championship this season.

"If you look at the last two seasons Arsenal were far ahead of us and above Chelsea, so you would assume playing Arsenal would be even more difficult, especially because it's also an away game, that this will be more difficult than Chelsea at home - and we all saw how difficult that was."
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