He Barça set foot in Barcelona with a big hangover. Of the emotional and of the other, after a long night of celebration that began on the grass of San Mamés. This Sunday, now In Barcelona, they continued with the party, despite sleep and fatigue. In the square Saint James They once again received recognition as they already did after landing from Eindhoven with the second Champions League. The most nervous fans came up to two hours early to get a seat. When the logo bus parked right at the intersection between Via Laietana and Jaume I, the screams surprised more than one. What came next was a full-fledged mass bath.
The Barça players arriving at Plaça Sant Jaume. / ZOWY VOETEN
In the Catalan capital the party that began in San Mamés, first on the grass, then at the Bilbao Arena, with a technical stop at the hotel for dinner with the Champions Cup presiding over the captains’ table. With the loud music, the bus headed to the pavilion, where members of the club’s delegation, other guests of the entity and authorities were already waiting. They, despite the expectation, they made the party their own. The floor, converted into a dance hall, was populated with high tables, where more than thirty waiters served a cocktail in the form of pica-pica. Burgers, mini sandwiches, donuts, croissants, macaronspalm trees or pacifiers entered the menu, all correctly paired with beers, wine or any other drink. A party as God intended, come on.
Despite having the music at full volume, the players did little dancing, and they continued with photographs with their locker roommates and family. If a song played repeatedly it was ‘Sweet Caroline’, de Neil Diamond, who also set the pace on the green of San Mamés. With the trophy the third Champions presiding over the party, it was prolonged, as it could not be otherwise. After having churros for breakfast (a sign that the party was good), around noon, the players got back on their Vueling plane, screen printed weeks ago to take with you on the go, accompanied by the entire board present at the final. When going down the stairs, Joan Laporta, Xavi Puig, Alexia Putellas and Jonatan Giráldez They planted the cup on Catalan soil.
With the bus they arrived at around 7:00 p.m. to Plaza Sant Jaume, where more than 2,000 culé fans they expected. The captains were in charge of carrying the four trophies to the door of the Palau de la Generalitat, where the acting president, Peter Aragonés, and the General Secretariat of Sport, Anna Caula, They received them with a relaxed gesture. After the formal greetings, they headed inside the palace, but not before making a circle to jump, again, to the rhythm of Neil Diamond’s great song.
After the required speeches, the soccer players went up to the balcony and took over the microphone. “We’ll have it here again!”, It started with a thread of voice and hoarseness Alexia Putellas. Claudia Pina once again remembered her eternal rival, Real Madrid, during the party. Shouting “Boti, boti, boti, madridista qui no boti”, Sant Jaume made the ground shake. The turn of Mapi Leon It began with the same phrase as when the Blaugranas lifted the second in Eindhoven: “How are the machines?“he shouted, while the fans laughed remembering that celebration.
Already at the City Hall, and after the reception by the mayor of the Catalan capital, Jaume Collboni, the azulgranas went out onto the balcony again. And here it was Cata Coll who livened up a party that was beginning to be undermined by the fatigue of the protagonists. “I haven’t slept for 24 hours, but “We have eaten churros”, she said uninhibited, like Jonatan Giráldez, who enjoyed his last celebration as Barça coach. “How are you, culés? Louder, we can’t hear you!” Saturday was one of the best days of our lives. Thank you for the season and for always being there,” the culé coach shouted, totally dedicated.
Another farewell was that of Sandra Paños, who will leave the club this summer after nine seasons guarding the culé goal. “This is the best club in the world. My stage is over. But I will be just another culé. I will follow this team wherever they go. You have been there in the good times and the bad. Always,” the goalkeeper ended up saying. “Stay, stay“, the fans cheered Paños, as well as Mariona Caldentey, who everything indicates that she will end up leaving the Barça entity.
An end to the party with a sincere cry. “We have made history. But we will go for more!“said Alexia. And everything the captain says is true.
2024-05-26 21:02:57
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