To do so, he had to go up to the box while all his teammates, including Pedri, Araujo and Gavi, who were out due to injury, waited expectantly for him to lift the trophy to heaven.. When he did, he was accompanied by an outburst of joy that had been drowned out almost a week ago in Cornellà-El Prat.
When, at last, Busquets went down to the grass again to raise the cup in front of the fans, he was accompanied by another explosion: that of several confetti cannons with the colors of the Senyera and the Barcelona team.. Immediately afterwards, he had to start a round of parliaments in which there was no lack of a special mention for the teammates who started the season as Barcelona fans and who are no longer at the club, such as Bellerin, Aubameyang, Depay or Piqué. “First, I want to thank Héctor, Auba, Memphis Geri, all the teammates from the subsidiary who have helped us achieve this title and also all the staff who are in the shadows and who are as important as us”, he assured. Captain.
“We wanted to win titles and we have achieved it by being a great team and above all with great fans.. Thank you very much for the support because without you it would not have been possible. Finally, do not doubt that this has only just begun. 'Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya'”, pointed out to finish a Busquets that would even end up embedded in the cheering stands, microphone in hand, to participate in the chants of encouragement for the club that came out of the stands.
Before, yes, the players jumped to the cry of “Madridista whoever doesn't bounce” and there were also much less kind references to the eternal rival. Only after Xavi Hernández, who revealed his taste for some historical quotes, to define them that way, one by Joan Laporta himself and another by Johan Cruyff, also gave his speech.
“Good night all. If you remember, the day of the Gamper I asked for the union of all Barcelona fans. It is time to say thank you. First of all, to the president. Also, to his board, for the support to this staff. Secondly, many thanks to all the staff and to all the players, who have given their all on the field. And finally, I would like to say that without you this would not be the same. The fans. You have been spectacular all season, the ones here, the ones at home and the ones who came to accompany us on the road. It was ‘goosebumps’. Thank you very much. Visca el Barça and Visca Catalunya,” said Xavi, whose name was also chanted by the crowd..
The ‘we are not so bad’ of Laporta and the ‘goosebumps’ of Cruyff in the mouth of Xavi were not, however, the only nod to the past. On the PA system, for a moment, the chords of Coldplay’s ‘Viva la vida’ also rang out. That song that in Pep Guardiola’s time, already winner of his fifth Premier League with City, accompanied a 2009 that saw the first treble in Barça’s history and in which the Spanish Super Cup, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup were also added. Will Barça also deserve to be remembered with its own soundtrack?