This Thursday began the second weekend of the Spring Sound 2022 and he did it with another mural of stratospheric dimensions and other media kiss that promotes twinning: that of the former coach of the FC Barcelona and current coach of Manchester City, Pep Guardiolawith Jose Mourinhoex of real Madrid either Man Utd. The gesture is touching, but it recalls the great football duels that the coaches experienced on the pitch and in the press room.
The canvas is located in the same location where the impact banner that welcomed those attending the festival last week: the kiss of the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Ayuso. This large mural is exhibited a year before the festival opens a branch in the state capital: in 2023 it will be held one weekend in Barcelona and another in Madrid.
“Twinning” between cities
In both cases, the work is a clear reference to the famous kiss between the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and the president of the GDR Erich Honecker which is in the Berlin Wall. This campaign promoted by the festival wants to symbolize the “twinning” of Barcelona and Madrid. The media clashes on the bench between Guardiola and Mourinho are proof of this.
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In addition to the iconic gesture, above the coaches there is a message in Russian: God, help me survive! A second canvas sports the same message as last weekend ‘Barcelona + Madrid = Primavera Sound. Diversity, culture, tolerance’.
Another kiss from Guardiola and Mourinho in 2018
This kiss between the two coaches is not new. After capturing the one of Messi and Cristiano, the artist tvboy It already reflected in 2018 that of the two technicians. In this case it was to commemorate Sant Jordi and the work was on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona.