A bitter end to the cycle. Barça lost to Magdeburg with a cruel goal in the last second (30-31) and will not be able to play in the Champions League handball final against Füchse Berlin. Carlsbogard and Aitor Ariño, and Dika Mem's injury, left the Catalan team without a chance.

Zoran Cikusa, a former Serbian handball player from the 1980s, put down roots in Bordils, where his twin sons were raised. When they were barely able to walk, Petar and Djordje were already spending hours playing with a ball. Their energy led to the breaking of several televisions, as the little ones used the screen as a goal. A few years later, Catalan Petar Cikusa wants to help Barça close out another glorious cycle with another Champions League title.

Two young men play festive music in the street with a Casio electronic device in exchange for any donations from passersby. "When I was little, my parents already did it," explains Antonio García Robledo (Llagosta, 1984). He's 41 years old and still competing at the highest level. "Because I enjoy it so much, I couldn't wait to say it enough," he says to justify his retirement age. He'll do so when this season ends. We're in Pere Quart Square in Llagosta, in front of the apartment where he lived with his parents and where, as a child, he played soccer with friends after school at Les Planes School. A gigantic universe encompassed in just 50 meters.