91,553 spectators: record at the Camp Nou for the party in the classic against Real Madrid

There were still more than three hours to go before the ball began to roll at the Camp Nou and gate number

, the one with the barrier, traditionally the main entrance gate to the stadium, was already a tremendous party.

It was precisely there that the bus that would transfer the women's Barça players from the Ciudad Deportiva Joan Gamper had to access the venue to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

That the azulgrana took a good income in the first leg, played at the Alfredo di Stéfano, a 1-3, was the least of it.

after playing a derby with Espanyol behind closed doors when the pandemic emptied all the stadiums.

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Not in vain, it was about inaugurating a new era.

To find a way to turn the extraordinary into the usual.

Traditionally, the public that goes to the Camp Nou is usually mostly male and with a high average age.

On this occasion, however, reality broke those statistics.

Both in terms of age and gender.

Many girls and young women gathered at the stadium.

In many cases, perhaps, to step on it for the first time in his life to watch a game.

It was also symptomatic that the names that the shirts of many of them wore were, precisely, those of the great protagonists of the event, a Barça capable of adding the first treble in its history last year and that seems set to repeat such a milestone this very season.

There was also a lack of boys, mostly young people, who did the same.

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And, if not so long ago, the name that was repeated the most in the Barça jerseys on match day was that of Leo Messi, in this case it was that of the first Golden Ball in the history of the club,

, who, of course, he took over.

Sonada was the ovation with which he was received by the stands when the

mentioned him when singing the lineup.

Both teams, in turn, were received by a mosaic in a stand still with many holes (at all the doors there were long queues to enter even with the duel already started) with a message that was also highly demanding: '

' (More than empowerment).

Majority in the box

A premise that was also followed in the authorities box, with 25 women and 20 men, according to the list provided by the club.

Among those names, those of the president of the Generalitat,

, the president of the Parlament,

, the mayor of Barcelona,

and, of course, those of the maximum Barcelona leader,

, and the coach of the first team

Hernandez

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The representation of Real Madrid, meanwhile, was made up of

, member of the board of directors,

, deputy general director, and

, director of women's soccer.

And the stands, when the duel began to lean completely on the local side, took the opportunity to make Florentino Pérez's absence ugly with chants.

Because, on a strictly sporting level, Real Madrid stood up for many minutes and even came within a goal of forcing extra time.

, with a shot almost from the center of the field, put a momentary 1-2 on the scoreboard after

, with a poisoned center shot and

, from a penalty, left the game in a draw at the end of the first part.

The response of the azulgrana, however, was terribly forceful.

were in charge of bringing the light up to an uncontested 5-2 finish to round off the Camp Nou party.

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