Joan Laporta This week has starred in a small and intimate meeting with the one who was president of Catalonia and partner of the Barça Jordi Puyolon the occasion of your 95th birthday. In the same, they talked about different issues as they have shared with the media, among which is the identity of Barça as a club and its ultranza defense of the Catalanity of the institution … once again placing fans and partners outside Catalonia or the Catalan of Barcelona.
Despite what Jordi Puyol It would be a few days ago, specifically on June 9, the meeting occurred on Tuesday 17 at the offices of the Barçaspecifically in the president's office Joan Laportawhere the mandamás culé delivered a very special shirt to the former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, confessed follower of Barcelona, where the number «wore the number«95», For the years he meets, and as a name«President Pujol».
The former Catalan president took the opportunity to thank Joan Laporta This last year lived by Barcelona, where successes have reappeared from the hand of Which one Flickwith a more than optimal performance of many of its figures and with the definitive irruption and consecration among the best of Lamine Yamal.
But what stressed the most Hill It was what these sports successes suppose, the good image that generates internationally as a club, but above all for the value and identity they project on Catalonia, a first ambassador.
He Barça already paid an emotional tribute to Jordi Hill In November 2023. In that act, the Club gave him the golden badge and brilliant in recognition of his 75 years as a partner. During the ceremony, Joan Laporta He highlighted his “deep ethical, social and democratic commitment to the club and with the country.”
The Barca President also recalled one of the most symbolic prints in the recent history of Barcelona: the moment when Hristo Stoichkov He made Pujol jump on the balcony of the Palau de la Generalitat, in full celebration for the conquest of the 1997 Cup of King. That day, the expressor of the Generalitat also shared a very personal memory: his first contact with Barça dates back to 1936, when he witnessed a semifinal copera just before the outbreak of the civil war.
Piqué already talked about Catalan supremacy
Recently they have not been the only ones who have shown how linked Barcelona to Catalan and Catalonia, separating fans between Catalans or residents of Catalonia with the rest of the world, as can be seen with the price of tickets. A few days ago it was Gerard Piqué The one who, with his recognizable superb, made clear his position of Catalan supremacist.
To Gerard Piquéthe passion for Barça It is divided into two worlds: that of those who have been born and grown in Catalonia, and that of those who have embraced Barcelona from outside. This was made clear by the former Barca soccer player during a recent interview where he defended that it is “impossible” for a French, Brazilian, Argentine or Italian fan to feel Barça with the same intensity as someone who has raised in Catalonia.
«A Catalan goes to Camp Nou since the age of three and has lived the club from the cradle; You can't expect the same from the rest, ”he explained Piquevisibly uncomfortable before the presenter's question. He raised the possibility that a person born outside Catalonia could experience the same level of emotional commitment to Barça. Without giving in his position, the eccentral of Barça and the Spanish team insisted that the cultural roots and direct experience make an insurmountable difference in the way of living the Barça colors.
