The Champions affects a lot, by Santi Nolla

Barça has managed with good judgment the painful loss of Dr. Carles Miñarro and must face today a decisive Champions match and a key meeting for the league this Sunday against Atlético de Madrid. As of March, the moment of truth and the European Cup arrive is not a minor competition. Leave mark on the teams that participate. It has been possible to check this weekend. Bayern, Leverkusen and Borussia lost in their games played at home in the Bundesliga. The three. None could win the match after the first round of the round of Champions. Arsenal, who played to opt for the Premier League, tied; Atlético de Madrid lost in Getafe; Madrid beat Rayo, but with whistles from the public of Bernabéu for his game in the final minutes, while Liverpool won the Colista, but suffering more than expected. The Champions takes its toll.

The calendar of the year begins very hard, with very loaded players of matches and with the maximum tension since in these months it is when the large titles or the final ascent or descent places are being played. Football lives the era of maximum stress after February, with coaches who must carry out rotations, forced by the follow -up of the physical protocols that impose their players. It is necessary to have very good templates to be able to face with guarantees such a demanding final stretch.

The three Germans lost in the Bundesliga, the arsenal tied, the Atlético fell and most of the others suffered

The Blaugrana play today against Benfica after the postponement of the party against Osasuna for the sudden death of Carles Miñarro (53 years). The costume is still in shock, while coach Hansi Flick, in an appearance of just 12 questions, tried to insufflate motivation so that the triumph against Benfica is a tribute to the doctor who has lived with the first team during the last year and before with Blaugrana football and several teams of the Catalan territorial. Barça must be isolated and concentrated in full for 90 minutes after three difficult days for the components of a group that, in the end, forms a family in permanent daily contact.

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The steps that the club has taken have been impeccable and the signs of respect and affection of the whole world of football, an example of what this sport should be, very often splashed by vehement excess. Carles Miñarro was not just an excellent doctor, he was a confessor, a friend, one more of that special group that forms a costume in which the level of intimacy exceeds in many occasions what is the usual work reality. Conjussion and beating Benfica would be an excellent tribute to an endearing person in a grateful costume.