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Vilanova unlikely to return until April

February 22, 2013
By Dermot Corrigan, Spain Correspondent
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell says Tito Vilanova will not be back on the bench for the club's Champions League last 16 second leg against AC Milan at the Camp Nou on March 12.

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Stand-in manager Jordi Roura is currently overseeing affairs and was in charge for Wednesday's 2-0 first-leg defeat at the San Siro, as his boss receives medical treatment in New York. Vilanova underwent a procedure to remove a tumour from a saliva gland in December, ...

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