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Barcelona midfielder Busquets: We considered not playing

Barcelona midfielder Sergi Busquets was happy with victory over Las Palmas on Sunday.

The match was staged behind closed doors due to the referendum crisis in the morning.

Busquets commented afterwards: "It is not usual to do so, but the events marked the match. I did not like it at all. For the sporting part we are happy. It cost us a lot, after a very bad first half and in the second we improved.

"We were aware of everything that happened on the streets since the early hours of the morning. It was considered not to play. Not playing at a sports level affected us a lot and we decided to do it behind closed doors. It was not nice to play like that.

"The best part is that in the second half we improved everything in every way and we played very well."

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