Barcelona celebrates, but does not forget Messi

Champions League rúa FC Barcelona men’s and women’s se took place this Monday in the streets of the Catalan capital for three hours, with thousands of fans eager to enjoy their idols up close and who quickly chanted the name former Barcelona player Leo Messi.

All the first-team football players, who each occupied an open bus, wore commemorative T-shirts with the names of the entire team, as well as Barça scarves and caps.

The big absentee from this party was Gerard Piqué, who played the first part of the season until his retirement, and who ended up not being in the rue despite the fact that the coach, Xavi Hernandez, d.I said I was invited.

Culé fans, already eager to celebrate the league title with their two professional teams, showed their support from the moment they got off the bus, following him through the Travessera de les Corts. Also

“I’m a fan Alexia Putellas, I waited for the bus for the players for an hour,” said a young fan who was waiting for the bus to pass in statements to Barça TV.

The Barcelona expedition was the first to turn on the street Numancia, in constant interaction with all the fans who cheered them on and celebrated with them, some from the balconies of the buildings the street passed by.

Actually the center Ronald Araujo, who was wearing a Uruguayan flag, starred in the beautiful image by taking a fan’s shirt and a marker to sign, along with Raphinh, and returning it to the same fan who threw it.

The second turn of the bus took place towards Berlin/Paris street, with a large presence of young people, who celebrated the title with great enthusiasm after four years, some for the first time.

“Every time is different, this one is special, you can see that people are very excited, we like to share this with them,” said German goalkeeper Ter Stegen, who has already won three league titles, from the same coach.

A little before turning onto the street Balmes, One fan caught the player’s attention by showing a picture from the balcony Frenkie de Jong printed on cardboard in life size.

After the coach was in Balmes, quite late as expected due to the large number of Barca fans who did not want to miss the league celebration, both the team and the fans vibrated with shouts “Champions, champions!”

Alexia Putellasteam captain Barcelona, He declared that he is “very happy”, although “part of his mind” is in Eindhoven, where he will play the Champions League final against Wolfsburg (June 3). Perhaps for this reason it is a celebration of the feminine – with a different title champions in view – he was more reserved than the boy.

He also spoke euphorically Ronald Araujo: “People always support us, the encouragement they give us is very important. I have never experienced anything like this and it is a great luck, let’s go BarcaCome on, hell!”

And shortly before passing through Plaza Cataluña, the area with the largest influx of spectators, the coach Barça Femenino, Jonatan Giráldez, He pointed out that they are “very privileged people” for such experiences because football “belongs to the fans and this is for them”.

After arriving at Plaza Cataluña, the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski appeared in an image that the fans really liked, and that is that he started to dance ecstatically.

Already between the streets Pelais, Fontanella and Trafalgar, Last before reaching the Arc de Triomphe, the two Barcelona teams sang, together with the Barca fans, some of the most famous songs of the Catalan team.

No one wanted to forget the Argentine star Leo Messi, currently in the Paris Saint Germain. All fans dream of his return, and his name was chanted several times along the route.

Finally, more precisely than expected in the middle of the street, the coaches of the first teams Barcelona a man and a woman reached the end of the route, at the Arc de Triomf, at 21:00. That’s where the party ended, which this time had no gatherings at Camp Nou for the epilogue.