Mad one about Marcelo:
Real Madrid defender Marcelo could miss the second leg of their Champions League semi-final at Chelsea because he has been called up to monitor a polling station during local elections.
The elections for the Madrid assembly take place on Tuesday, 4 May.
Unless Marcelo is excused from his election-day duties, he will not be permitted to travel with the team the day before the game.
Spanish newspaper El Mundo report the club had appealed to the Electoral Commission, but the request was denied.
Why has Marcelo been called up?
All Spaniards on the electoral register can be called up to work at polling stations and are paid 65 euros (£56), needing mitigating circumstances to be excused.
Full story:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56915346
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