The large day is lastly right here. After years of ready and months of endless postponement, Barcelona are lastly set to return to the Spotify Camp Nou later immediately as they lock horns in La Liga.
As many as 45,000 followers can be on the sidelines to cheer Barcelona’s starting of a brand new chapter, one for which they’ve waited a very long time.
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They’re turning in the direction of a brand new chapter, which irrefutably means one other should shut and that belongs to Montjuic.
Within the Camp Nou’s absence, it was the Estadi Olimpic de Lluis Companys that served as Barcelona’s residence stadium for over 900 days.
From Xavi’s highs to his decline to the arrival of Hansi Flick and the transformation of the group underneath his tutelage, all of it unfolded on the grass of Montjuic.
Over the previous two and a half years, the stadium has seen many memorable wins for Barcelona, with the group registering 45 wins in 60 video games on the venue.
Barça Common brings you the 5 most memorable moments from the group’s time at Montjuic as they lastly bid it goodbye.
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Hansi Flick’s official debut
Hansi Flick took over a difficult function. (Picture by Fran Santiago/Getty Pictures)
Flick arrived at Barcelona firstly of final season, seeking to begin a brand new challenge on the membership, one which obtained a lukewarm response on the time of his hiring, given the uncertainty over whether or not he was the proper man for the job.
Over a yr down the road and having witnessed what Flick has finished to remodel the membership, it would go down in historical past that his first residence sport answerable for Barcelona was at Estadi Olímpic de Lluis Companys.
Whereas Flick misplaced his first sport answerable for Barcelona, which got here in opposition to Monaco within the Joan Gamper trophy, his first official residence sport got here in opposition to Athletic Membership on the similar venue, which his group received 2-1 courtesy of targets from Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski.
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Mockingly, his first sport answerable for Barcelona again on the Spotify Camp Nou later tonight will come in opposition to the identical opponent.
The Actual Valladolid assertion
Whereas Hansi Flick’s challenge had a promising begin, it was a gradual development of occasions with the group taking a while to regulate to the brand new regular.
Hansi Flick’s Barcelona thrashed Valladolid. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
From that, to turning into Europe’s most devastating attacking group, there quickly arrived a dramatic shift of gears.
That change of gears exactly arrived at Montjuic, and it was in opposition to Actual Valladolid on match day 4 of La Liga final season.
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On that day, Barcelona have been ruthless throughout the sector and confirmed no mercy, simply as Flick requested of them. Targets from Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde, Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres helped the group to a 7-0 win, maybe Barcelona’s greatest ever margin in latest instances.
From there on, there was no trying again, and the Catalans made it a behavior to hit the three or 4 purpose mark whatever the event or opponent.
Bayern Munich’s hammering
One in every of Barcelona’s finest moments within the UEFA Champions League lately arrived after they performed host to Bayern Munich at Montjuic final season, for the sport went on to announce to Europe that Flick’s Barcelona are a drive to be reckoned with.
Barcelona made a press release in opposition to Bayern Munich. (Picture by Pedro Salado/Getty Pictures)
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The dominance that the group displayed in opposition to the Germans on the night time was staggering, with the forwards pulling off deadly finishes to ship blow after blow.
From Raphinha’s opener off a deadly counterattack to the ice-cold hat-trick he scored on the night time, each small element of that spectacular 4-1 win can be ingrained within the reminiscence of Barcelona followers.
Montjuic, evidently, can be on the centre of that reminiscence.
The comeback Clasico
Barcelona dominated Actual Madrid throughout all Clasico conferences final season, however solely one in all them got here at Montjuic. That, evidently, was essentially the most troublesome one of all of them.
Barcelona beat Actual Madrid 4-3 in a possible title decider. (Picture by Fran Santiago/Getty Pictures)
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Simply days after their heartbreaking defeat to Inter Milan within the Champions League, the Catalans performed the Clasico at residence in a sport that would make or break their title hopes.
They even went 0-2 down fairly early on the night time, with Kylian Mbappe scoring two quick-fire targets.
What adopted, nonetheless, made the sport a historic one as Barcelona scored 4 targets in simply 26 minutes to place down Actual Madrid’s hopes, seal the sport 4-3 and present them who’s in cost.
Lifting the league title
The only-most iconic second that Montjuic has loved over Barcelona’s tenure there, by far, was the group’s 2-3 defeat to Villarreal on Might 18th this yr.
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Whereas the end result was certainly a disappointing one, it was the night time Barcelona formally lifted the La Liga title in entrance of their very own followers after sealing it earlier that week.
The end result that night time was immaterial, for the Catalans have been solely taking part in for the celebrations that adopted and so they ran deep into the night time to provide the stadium a becoming tribute for serving as a wonderful stand-in residence venue.
It was the night time Barcelona celebrated because the treble winners and shared the enjoyment with the membership devoted – one that may stay etched within the reminiscence of gamers and followers for a very long time to come back.
