The retired footballers, wearing official Barça uniforms, arrived at the hotel in Kinshasa (capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) after training to rest in their rooms, where they had their suitcases. But some were surprised to find their magnetic cards wouldn't open the doors. When they asked the hotel staff for an explanation, they were told that the promoters of the match they were going to play against local legends hadn't yet paid for some of the rooms and that, until they did, they wouldn't be able to enter.