Guardiola: Barcelona shouldn't have been forced to play Las Palmas

Pep Guardiola expressed his disappointment that Barcelona were made to play Las Palmas behind closed doors on Sunday, amidst an emotionally charged referendum on Catalan independence.

Guardiola also played seven times for Catalunya, and has repeatedly urged the right of the region's populace to decide if they to secede from Spain.

The Manchester City manager spent 17 years at Barca as a player, before managing the club to untold success between 2008 and 2012.

Amazingly, Barca played a La Liga match against Las Palmas at an empty Camp Nou on the same day, and Guardiola has insisted that he would not have had the match go ahead had it been his decision.

"The Barca-Las Palmas game? I would not have played it at all," he said on Catalunya Radio.

"If you finally play that game, if you play, it's done with the public, with all the consequences."

UCJ, UNILORIN.