Barça will celebrate the Champions League on Maria Cristina Avenue and in Plaza España
The champions' party with the fans would be Sunday, May 24 in the afternoon
BarcelonaBarça plays this Saturday, May 23 (6:00 PM) the most important match of the season, the Champions League final in Oslo. The rival, a classic of Europe, Olympique de Lyon. The Catalan club is finalizing details for a possible celebration in Barcelona for the following day, Sunday afternoon, once the players return from Norway. It will not be a parade like the men's team did a few weeks ago, but a party with the fans in Plaza España and Avenida Maria Cristina, as ARA has learned.
A different setting where the third Champions League was celebrated —won in 2024 in Bilbao—. On that occasion, the event was held in Plaça Sant Jaume, where the then acting President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, and the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, received the team, then coached by Jonatan Giráldez, at the Palau de la Generalitat and Barcelona City Hall.
Precisely, the Galician coach will now be Barça's rival in the Champions League final. “We are not afraid. Giráldez does not have the same players he had at Barça. He knows us, but we also know him,” confessed goalkeeper Cata Coll. Catalans and French will face each other for the fourth time in a European final. So far, Lyon has won two (Budapest 2019 and Turin 2022), while Barça has only managed to win once, in Bilbao in 2024. To date, this is the only match in which the Catalan team has been able to defeat Michelle Kang's squad.
Confidence to reclaim the crown
With the good feelings from the victory in Gran Canaria against Atlètic de Madrid to complete the state treble (League, Queen's Cup, and Spanish Super Cup), Pere Romeu's team arrives "prepared" for the season's big event. "We are a more mature team that can adapt to different game contexts," admitted the Catalan coach four days before the final.