Since Barça decided close down sine die the Animation Space (EDA)By November 2024, tensions between the groups and the club had escalated. Positions were completely entrenched, and any reconciliation seemed impossible. Joan Laporta's board demanded they pay the €21,000 in fines resulting from the fans' misconduct. The groups, who doubted they were actually responsible for the sanctions, refused to pay a cent and demanded dialogue, which the club was unwilling to accept. In fact, the board took legal action and presented the Gol 1957 project to the members' assembly, a fan zone created and coordinated by the club where—given the proposed requirements—there would be no place for any of the former members. Nothing suggested that, in mid-January, there would be a twist in the plot and that both sides would sit down to talk and lay the groundwork for reconciliation.

Be a member, be up to date with your payments, be between 18 and 25 years old, have been on the waiting list for a Camp Nou season ticket for at least five years, have not committed any crimes, have not been subject to disciplinary action or sanction by Barça, pass a screening by the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police), and commit to attending at least 80% of matches. These are the requirements to secure one of the 1,247 seats for Gol 1957, the new entertainment stand that will be launched when the Barça stadium reopens. The initiative was presented to the public during the Assembly of Delegates. But while Joan Laporta's board spoke with hope, among the groups that formed part of the former Entertainment Space (EDA), the feelings are diametrically opposed: they reject the project and predict that it is doomed to failure.

Lamine Yamal's appeal to the Barça fans during a match is common. He usually does so after his individual plays, which get the crowd on their feet. Eric Garcia's doing so, with a suffering face, when the opposing team is putting pressure on Barça is even rarer. This latter situation It happened on Wednesday when Paris Saint-Germain was around 1-2 that finally ended up arriving.

Before the Sunday's derby between Sant Andreu and EuropaBoth clubs promoted the match jokingly. "The Catalan derby with the most buzz," they said on social media with images of both sets of fans. They were right. In any Sant Andreu or Europa match, there's singing and cheering. Not at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium.

During the last election campaign, Joan Laporta positioned himself in favour of the Barça Animation Space (EDA). In his first term he had thrown out the Boixos Nois for being violent and for having threatened him and other members of the board. On the other hand, he praised the current EDA for its "passionate" animation and "civic" behaviour of its members. He said that "they were clear that the limit is violence" and that they had "proven" it. He even stated that it was one of the few legacies that he applauded from the outgoing board of Josep Maria Bartomeu. Five years later, the praise has become a open war that could end up in court, with the EDA closed sine die and the board of directors looking for a way to create an alternative animation stand.