Due to the crazy nature of Barcelona, it is only appropriate to go out with a bang, right? With my crazy cast of characters missing, this would normally seem impossible, so I had to call upon the help of some crazy party starters: The Futbol Club de Barcelona.
Over the last 2 weeks or so Barca was won the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) and they won their league: La Liga. They also qualified for the Champions League Final against Manchester United (defending champions). No Spanish team had EVER won all three (referred to as the treble). Until Now.
I put on my RonaldPNO (combining Ronaldinho, yes I know he is a former Barca player and not current, with my nickname, PNO) jersey and we headed to Port Vell to watch the game on a big screen, with thousands of other fans! It was nuts. There were so many people crammed into this area, not to mention, everyone was chanting, climbing poles, waving flags, and overall excited. The energy was ridiculous. I joined of course, because I love feeding off energy and providing energy. The Wakefields were pretty stoic through it all, probably a little taken back by the liberal nature of it all.
When Barca scored their first goal off Eto’o’s kick, I started doing the “O le le” chant and then I turned around and the person behind me lit a flare, which took me by surprise, as nearby fire often does.
It was literally the chaos I had dreamed of experiencing. Finally, Messi had a beautiful header to put Barca up 2-0 and the place went nuts. Chants were going crazy as victory was so apparent.
They ended up winning, easily, and then the chaos grew. We all marched to the fountain near placa Catalunya, and along the way wre fireworks, nonstop people, people climbing buildings and poles, flares, basically fire everywhere, drumlines, people, more people, and madd singing. Essentially Chaos. It reminded me of what I pictured the victory of the revolutionary war to be like. I was having a blast being loud and obnoxious for our team!
It was the only proper way to begin the victory lap in Barcelona. I took a lot of video, so look for me to sting it all together soon!
The following day we hit up the parade, which was also insane, minus the fire. I was right at the bottom of the team bus, so I got to see all the players up close and it was surreal to see el champions!
Championes, Championes, O LE O LE O LEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
-pno
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