He FC Barcelona He earned his fourth ticket to the Champions League final on Thursday, a day before the fourth anniversary of the first pass to the final. On April 28, 2019, a solitary goal from Marion within mini stadium served to leave Bayern in the gutter and gain the pass to face the mighty lions in Budapest. At that time, there were 12,764 culé that filled the now defunct small temple of Barça. Who would have thought, or dreamed, that after four years, 72,262 spectators would fill Camp Nou in another semifinal and weeks later seven of the footballers who participated against the Germans would continue in the team, succeeding as Barça. Textiles, Torrejón, Mapi, Alexia and Mariona they came out on the eleventh of Luis Cortes and oshoala and Aitana They entered the second part. The block was retained, but those rookies are now the European benchmarks, the surprise guests at the party of Budapest They are now the enemy to be defeated. And the almost thirteen thousand culé multiplied by almost six to leave 1.2 million in collections and stages that were born that April afternoon not a spring flower but the beginning of a reality and an example worldwide.
In the day’s celebratory photo, bottom left, wearing a ‘staff’ tracksuit, there is a beardless assistant coach who is happy to have achieved his first great professional success after moving to Barcelona from Galicia. Today, bearded but still in a tracksuit, with essences that should not be lost, he is the coach who led the team to the final for the second time since he took over. Last year he was left with honey on his lips and now he does not intend to miss the chance to win the long-awaited second Champions League.
In the history of these parallelisms, several instances are still missing. Chelsea, the rival eliminated by Barça on Thursday, is Lyon’s opponent in the other semifinal. The English made the French difficult and managed to draw 1-1 in London, but a 2-1 first leg in Lyon was enough for Olympique to rival Barca on Hungarian soil. The then champion was the favorite, the one who sweated blood to knock Chelsea out in the semis. Does it ring a bell? Like now. On June 3, in Eindhoven, we will see if the end is the same and Barça lift the second.
Source: La Verdad
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