As in the great celebrations of the last century, Plaça Sant Jaume was once again tinged with blaugrana this Sunday to celebrate a milestone for Barcelona, but for the first time the protagonist was the women's team, which yesterday won the Champions League final against Wolfsburg (3-2) in Eindhoven, the second Barça Women's Champions League.
After the official team bus parked on Via Laietana, the Barça delegation, with the president Joan Laporta and the manager in charge of the section Xavier Puig in front, walked along Calle Ferran to Plaça Sant Jaume, where they were already waiting. several hundred fans of all ages.
The president of Catalonia, Pere Aragonés, received the team at the gates of the Generalitat and accompanied them inside the building, carrying the cup together with the club's president, Joan Laporta, and the captain Alexia Putellas.
Then came the moment most awaited by the fans, the exit of the players to the balcony of the Generalitat. In batches, the protagonists demonstrated their harmony with the fans, dedicated a few words of thanks to them and dared with the most popular songs of the Barça club.
Immediately afterwards, the procession crossed the square and was received at the City Hall by the acting mayoress, Ada Colau. The players went out onto the balcony again to address and sing with the fans as a climax to the Barça party.
