Global impact due to the Camp Nou attendance record

It is not usual to consecrate oneself in the European elite with the same group of footballers in just over five seasons, nor is it unquestionable to lift a hat-trick, nor to have a leader both on and off the pitch, much less fill a stadium With almost 91,533 people. The fact that it seems customary now does not detract from the uniqueness of events that in a few years have opened doors that had been sealed for too long.

The Barça-Madrid back of the quarterfinals of the Champions It will remain for many in the retina because of what they experienced more than because of the meeting itself. The most watched game of the entire season in a Barça style and the one with more than a million viewers in DAZN. As the vice president of the institutional area said, Elena Fort, in an interview on RAC1: “Women’s football is a bet that has come to stay. It comes from a very long way & rdquor ;.

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— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) March 30, 2022

The 91,533 spectators who appeared reflected in the video scoreboard of the Camp Nou towards the end of the game they burst into joy in a unison shout that aroused reactions around the world. From the most mediatic soccer players like megan rapinoe with your tweet “An audience at the height of the team! Spectacular to see it & rdquor;, Alex Morgan with a series of emoticons on his Twitter account or other men’s football figures such as Andres Iniesta or Borja Iglesiassoccer player Betiswhich asked the Verdiblanco club to imitate the example of Barcabut in the Benito Villamarín.

There have been few media outlets that have echoed the historical milestone on their covers. The newspaper opened with the shock of Camp Noujust like the newspaper SPORT with a “Historical! Record and win & rdquor;. The BRAND it was presented on paper with the background mosaic and a 3D montage with the number of attendance at the stadium. The digital rotary Sphera Sports also used the mosaic to accompany it with “Fur hen”alluding to the famous phrase coined by Johan Cruyff.

Of the milestone they have been made in European newspapers. In Italy, the ‘Corriere dello Sport’ highlights the 91,553 spectators at the Camp Nou and marks the feat as ‘storico’ while the ‘Gazzeta dello Sport’ highlights the ‘record’. In England ‘The Sun’ headlines “Nou Era! and ‘The Guardian’ highlights the win against so many fans.

Without any doubt, Wednesday’s was a moment in history that would not have happened had it not been for the club held the attendance figure as long as possible, despite pressure from the UEFA delegate in the Camp Nou box to know the number, knowing that many people entered late due to the traffic in Barcelona throughout the afternoon. With the UEFA protocol in hand in the middle part perhaps the facts would have been different.

Joan Laporta He is delighted with the Barça women’s. In the electoral campaign he was criticized for not knowing the majority of the players that make up the team, but his gestures support his commitment to the continuity of a winning project. What happened on Wednesday will not go unheeded, since the club intends reopen the Camp Nou for the dispute of Champions League semi-finals.

UEFA announced that the matches corresponding to the last round before the final would be played on Saturday, April 23, but Barça has asked the body to play the match on Friday 22, since the men’s first team will play on the 24th against Rayo Vallecano. Only if the European body agrees to the change can the match be played at the Estadi, since it takes 48 hours to recondition the grass.

As well The women’s budget will increase for the next seasonbeing the only section of the club that will have more resources than this season, something that was in doubt after ending the contract with Stanley, the exclusive sponsor, and the entry of Spotify as the club’s global sponsor.

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— Joan Laporta Estruch? (@JoanLaportaFCB) March 31, 2022

Regarding the semifinals of the European competition, the azulgranas will face the winner of the cross between Arsenal and Wolfsburgwhile on the other side of the frame PSG will face Juventus or Olympique de Lyon. At the moment, the Italians have the advantage after achieving victory (2-1) in Turin.

Barça continues to take steps in favor of women’s football, which keeps several fronts open, among which are the negotiations to carry out the first professional league in history. As Font explained in RAC1: “It is essential to move towards the professionalization of the League. We need a competition with powerful teams and we need a Madrid that is as well”. And it is that there are clubs that still have shortcomings of all kinds, some very basic, as is the example of a Rayo Vallecano located in relegation positions. quotes like the Camp Nou They are the power to make women’s football strong in all areas and the more teams understand it, the sooner normalization will be achieved in all senses.