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Cancelo missed Barcelona win at Atletico Madrid due to heart tests

Joao Cancelo missed Barcelona's win at Atletico Madrid on Sunday on orders of the club's medical chiefs.

The Manchester City loanee was removed from the squad, says RAC-1, after it was found a relative of the Portuguese suffers a heart problem.

The club's medical staff wanted to rule out that it is hereditary. As a precaution, Cancelo, who had not trained on Saturday, did not travel to Madrid and has since undergone tests to certify that everything is correct.

It is worth remembering that, as soon as the match ended, players like Fermín dedicated the victory to him.

At the moment, the club has not made public any information and instead alluded to personal matters.

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