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Sendings-off spark Barca 'keeper shortage

March 4, 2013
By Dermot Corrigan, Spain Correspondent
Barcelona could begin Saturday's home game against Deportivo La Coruna with their fifth-choice goalkeeper on the bench after both Victor Valdes and Barca B's Oier Olazabal were sent off at the weekend.

Valdes, 31, saw red for confronting and insulting referee Miguel Angel Perez Lasa at the final whistle of the 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu after the official had denied Barca a late penalty when Sergio Ramos appeared to bring down Alexis Sanchez.

Oier, 23, was dismissed ...

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