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When the most decisive moment of the season has already begun, the one in which the titles are really at stake, Barça is running out of players for tremendously complicated games. Sergio Busquets , just after the game, put his finger on the sore and pointed to an Eric Abidal who is again touched after his media clash with Leo Messi. "We are not a long staff, unfortunately the planning has been like this," he complained in statements to Movistar Champions League.

A complaint that, with a little more left hand, also made Quique Setién his. «We are aware of this and will work with what we have. Now you can't do anything anymore, ”said Barça coach at Movistar Champions League when he was questioned about the small number of troops he will have to face Naples at Camp Nou. «We will not play with ten or nine. We will find solutions to compensate for absences, ”said the coach.

Sergio Busquets, after seeing the yellow card, and Arturo Vidal , for his expulsion, will not be able to play the second leg on March 18. In addition, it will be necessary to be very aware of the extent of Gerard Piqué's ankle injury. Ousmane Dembélé, meanwhile, will miss the rest of the season, Luis Suarez continues to recover from a knee injury and Martin Braithwaite cannot play in the Champions League. However, he is confident that he can recover both Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto, although both could reach that meeting very fair.

«It is true that they are few players, but we will be optimistic. We are not going to regret before they hurt us, ”he would clarify later in the press room. In part, he was satisfied with the draw started in San Paolo, but he also regretted that his team fell at some point in excess rainfall. «I would highly appreciate the defensive work that Naples has done, with the ten players very close to their area. We have not generated occasions, but we knew it was a matter of patience. With a little more, surely we would have found more possibilities to harm, ”said the Barcelona coach.

«We have lacked that point of clarity to cross that defense that Naples has organized. It has not been easy. In the second part there were more spaces, they opened a little more and we could have done more damage, but they have also made a great game and I take the result for good, ”he added. «Now we have the classic, we have to rest and prepare it well, but the return, with more spaces, the bigger field and our people, will be very different. We will have to win, ”said Antoine Griezmann, the author of the Barcelona draw goal, in statements to Movistar Champions League at the end of the duel.

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