The Camp Nou, as it has been known for more than 60 years, will cease to exist. After FC Barcelona’s last home game, the 3-0 win against Mallorca, the iconic stadium in the capital of Catalonia, Spain, will enter a new phase of remodeling and conditioning according to current standards. Meanwhile, the culé team will play at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona.
According to what was found on the team’s website, on March 28, 1954, the first stone was laid for the new home of FC Barcelona, on land between the Les Corts and L’Hospitalet areas. Since then there have been 66 years of historic moments that have been lived in the spaces of what is considered the largest stadium in all of Europe with an official capacity of 99,354 people. Successes, tears, historic stars of world football, but above all many goals and a lot of passion, were portrayed as invaluable moments for the blaugrana fans lived in the mythical stadium.
Goal by a rookie Ronaldinho
Midnight on September 3, 2003. Barcelona has a league duel with Sevilla. At minute 58 of the game, goalkeeper Víctor Valdés sent a ball to the young rookie Ronaldinho, who started on the left wing towards the Sevilla area. After leaving the two Andalusian midfielders behind, the carioca sent a 25-meter kick that would mark the beginning of his successful history with the culé club.
Messi and his “Maradonian” goal
There have been many comparisons between the way Diego Armando Maradona and Lionel Messi play, but on April 18, 2007 “La Pulga” showed that he would far surpass Maradona. In the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey that year against Getafe, in a match that ended 5-2, a barely 20-year-old Lionel touched the nostalgia of the Argentines with a goal that was enormously similar to the one scored by Maradona. against England, cataloged as the best of the 20th century, starting from midfield and taking the entire rival defense.
5-0 thrashing of Madrid by Mourinho and CR7
That photo of Gerard Piqué giving the “little hand” to the stands would go down in history as proof of one of the toughest humiliations in the history of the Clásicos. On November 29, 2010, Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola beat Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid to a historic 5-0 victory with goals from Xavi, Pedro, Villa (a double) and Jeffren.
The greatest comeback in the history of the Champions League
The second leg of the Champions League round of 16 of the 2016-17 season, between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, will go down in history as one of the most exciting. On March 8 of that year, the blaugranas had the responsibility of coming back from 4-0 against. Against all odds, those led by Luis Enrique won 6-1 with three goals at the end of the game and meant the greatest comeback in the history of the Champions League.
The new Spotify Camp Nou will be inaugurated on November 29, 2024, coinciding with the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Catalan club. The new Camp Nou will reaffirm itself as the stadium with the largest capacity on the old continent, with a projected capacity of 105,000 spectators.
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