Thank you and see you soon, Camp Nou!

great emotions in an afternoon of heartfelt goodbyes at the Camp Nou. Farewells to the Estadi, to the seatmates for so long, to two club legends such as Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets and to an era of legend. Almost 90,000 fans were cited in the Temple to thank him After almost seventy years, the most veteran partners, of joys, displeasures and a lot of passion. It was emotional to hear Manuel Vichthe ‘Veu del Camp Nou’, to welcome the Stadium, as it always did since its inauguration, in 1957, until his illness prevented him from continuing, already in 2016.

Going back almost sixty-six years in time, the announcement, over the public address system, from the first lineup of Barcelona at the Camp Nou, in 1957, and of the members of the squad of the 1957-58 season was another special moment for the most veteran members. Some of the members who have fired the Camp Nou in 2023 already applauded those shadows the first time Manel Vich recited them.

Although what was widely successful outside the stadium were the organized activities: music, the possibility of signing a wall with a giant image of the Camp Nou or posing with the trophies of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, the European Cup, the European Super Cup, the Club World Cup, the Copa del Rey and the League. And a great desire to immortalize the last afternoon of the Camp Nou as we know it; photos in the stands with the seatmates of a lifetime.

With a lump in the throat the partners tried to sing the anthem of Barça a capella and with all the heartfelt emotion they said goodbye to Jordi Alba when, in tears, he was substituted in the 80th minute. And, just three minutes later, Sergio Busquets, the last of a saga of legendary captains: Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Piqué and Sergio. Both embraced by Xavi and Carlos Naval, they received the tribute of the old Camp Nou.

THE PARTY, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE VIDEO

Immediately after the match, final party, with video of the best moments in the history of the Spotify Camp Nou and shouts of “Messi, Messi”, with tears in the eyes of the fans, every time a goal from a star appeared, with the squad following the video in the center of the field and with tears in the eyes of many of the fans in the stands. With no time to stop being excited, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets took to the pitch with the Super Cup and League trophies, won this year, and with the squad and the president, Joan Laporta, making a hallway for them. Laporta presented them with a commemorative plaque and videos with moments of both of their long career at the club were broadcast, before their parliaments.

On the pitch, after the speeches, giant shirts on the pitch representing each of the decades of Camp Nou history: inauguration (1957), Bottles final (1968), 0-5 League (1974), Terry League (1985), Wembley (1992), the sextet (2009), the second triplet (2015) and the year 2022, with growing ovations and madness with ‘l’Estaca’, ‘Viva la Vida’ and the name of Leo Messi. A poem by Josep Maria de Sagarra was read that was read on the day of the inauguration, the Barça Anthem that was in force until the 75th anniversary, Catalan dances and the interpretation of the Cant del Barça to the rhythm of the sardana.

Feeling on the surface of the skin. The sardana is the typical dance of Catalonia, ‘the most beautiful dance of them that is a fan and is disliked’. He accompanied the Camp Nou on its inauguration day and said ‘see you later’ with the Cobla Principal de Terrassa, with a symbolic generational replacement of two very young members, Toni and Arlet, and another very veteran, Senator Miquel Esquirol, 83 years old. partner, who gave them a corner flag. The climax: ‘The Time of Goodbyes‘, with lyrics adapted by La Trinca and interpretation by Beth, with final fireworks, colors and fireworks while the mobiles gave light to the stands. A party at the height of the history of the Camp Nou.

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