Barça closes 2023 full of uncertainties, but very well dressed by their fans in an open-door training session at the Estadi Johan Cruyff. The hope and excitement that Christmas radiates has arrived in Barcelona with the signing of Vitor Roquewhich has dispelled the doubts of recent weeks and has restored the faith of the little ones in the team, postulating the Brazilian as a undisputed idol.
A Johan Cruyff who had hung up the ‘sold out’ sign, and who 5,542 fans have attended, received between applause, and a timid singing of the anthem, the footballers, led by a observed Xavi Hernández. The warmer reception was for Ronald Araujo, who left a few seconds later than the rest of his teammates and excited the crowd. As an undisputed leader of the team, he brought together the shouts and many of the banners that the children brought to the stadium, with the illusion of receiving an early gift of Kings.
The cold outside took hold of some fans who were very more contained and distant than usual, beyond the excitement that the children conveyed to see their idols up close. The silence of the first minutes was contrasted with the screams of the little ones when the players they greeted for the first time to the stands
The signing of the winter market, and the ephemeral memory of football, have allowed the culé fan forget the last few weeks of the team. Freshly landed from Brazil, from Athletico Paranaense, all eyes were on this Saturday about an applauded Vitor Roque, that in his second training session with Barça he already suffered the endless ‘rondos’ that characterize the team. The forward, only 18 years old, was one of the most acclaimed – along with Fermín and Lamine Yamal – during his first contact with the culésin which he has already given away his first goal as a Barça player, after a play by Raphinha.
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With just one day left until the end of the year, the open-door training session was a family celebration, in which the fans vibrated with every action of the players on the pitch. The children were the great protagonists by Johan Cruyff. They went to the stadium proudly with all their Barcelona clothing, and they enjoyed seeing their idols up close. They were personally in charge of celebrating each touch of the players as if it were a game.
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Joao Félix was, without a doubt, the one who enjoyed the most on the pitch. Stripped of any kind of pressure, The Barça footballer was one of the great attractions for the stands. The madness only broke out at the end of training, when the players gave away the balls they had played with at the Johan Cruyff and went to the stands to sign shirts.
The money raised from the sale of tickets, at three euros each, will go to the Robots Project of the Emotional Wellbeing Program of the FC Barcelona Foundationwhich allows hospitalized children or young people in vulnerable situations to visit the club and chat with their idols.