Barcelona is a great city where very strange things happen, unique in the western world. One is his relationship with tourism, the other the fans of FC Barcelona. Almost every city in the world is convinced that they have a hook to attract outsiders. Here lived Guillermo Tell, in this bed of Madrigalejo Ferdinand the Catholic died and things like that.
The next step is to promote these scenic, historical or sporting benefits –“Fuentealbilla y los Iniesta”, “Arguineguín: sol, Silva y Valerón”– and turn them into destinations, an objective that requires money, many sympathy campaigns and presence in the tourism fairs. All? No. Barcelona is the only city that sulks with tourism and the most active in campaigns not to attract, but to dissuade.
Barcelona is also very much his. The rest of the fans of the big clubs are quite predictable and faithful to a scheme without many twists. When their team wins, they are happy. When their team loses, they’re upset.
Barça is the outstanding leader in the League and is in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. It would therefore be deduced that the fans are satisfied, excited and optimistic. Defense is no longer a strain, you win without playing very well –a great virtue– and President Laporta has not messed things up in public or in private –oh, these are the times!–.
I would say that Barcelona fans still don’t believe reality. And what is worse: he can calmly repeat that exquisite afternoon in May 2014 when Atlético de Madrid snatched the League from him with refereeing favor and a goal from Godín. Due to various factors, the fans considered that the team had not played excellently and did not deserve the League, which swells the list of others. Gourmetism? Rather odd…
There are so many badly closed wounds that every Barcelona fan has a reason to celebrate victories as well as defeats. Hence this unique atmosphere in the world of being in a good position to win the League and make a comeback (sort of a common complaint in Catalonia). What does the team know how to tie the results? Yes but no. When Real Madrid wins, we envy them and use them as an example? Yeah, but it’s not the same. That such a signing has not scored, but others have? This guy is useless…
As a football fan, the Barcelona player is complex, not at all binary and highly philosophical. He likes to win, but he also doesn’t dislike losing. He leads the team from head to toe, from the heart to the guts, but only he is capable of throwing a League in his field and finding consolation: we have not played well.
