From Calle del Olvido to Camp Nou: nothing cracks the Barcelona bubble

The dangerous was always in the anodyne.

In the unseen.

It is not the street of Oblit, yes, of Oblivion, a place where one walks just because.

Those who are looking to make a purchase in the Market in the Guinardó neighborhood of Barcelona, ​​or those who access the nursing home embedded in the back of the building, walk uphill or downhill.

But the door where the Dasnil 95 SL company is domiciled, at number 25, goes completely unnoticed.

Opaque glass on the premises.

There is no plaque, sign or sign, beyond the jaws of a mailbox and a couple of threatening signs that warn of the presence of video surveillance.

A couple of floors down, dusty blinds at half mast, and no one to answer either of the two doorbells.

On the opposite side of the street is the Friars Mínimos convent.

And a little further down the Chinese restaurant Río Dragón where the magician Gang made his fortune, who cooks for you well, tells you a joke or tricks you with cards.

Sleight of hand always had its audience.

A former postman who served in the Horta-Guinardó district at the beginning of the 2000s still remembers today how curious it seemed to him to deliver letters and packages on that street in the name of

.

Due to his condition as a former First Division referee.

For being one of the leaders of the Technical Committee of Referees, Sánchez Arminio's number two in the dome.

How much it cost him to put the packages in that narrow mailbox on Saturday mornings, when the premises were closed.

In the 40-minute metro ride that separates Calle del Olvido from the Camp Nou, taking the blue line from the Camp de l'Arpa metro stop to Collblanc, no one should dwell on the Negreira case that has shaken Spanish football and He has gotten Barcelona into a mess that even escapes its historical wars of directives -the first invoices with the former vice president of the referees date from 2001, still with

in the presidency-.

Perhaps it did not matter too much that the Catalan sports press did not carry the matter on the front page - that the generalist did.

With no trace of paper to read on the subway, nothing escapes mobile phones.

no references

The Camp Nou was not going to be a place to find references to the mess.

's Manchester United

and the threat that hovered for a good stretch of seeing their survival in the Europa League endangered after suffering exile in the Champions League.

Stadiums, increasingly closer to amusement parks than to ancient temples, are no longer places for banners or demands.

Happiness and revelry prevail, rarely tension.

Among the 90,225 spectators who packed the pitch, some 30,000 did so using a form after a Barcelona member gave up using his subscription.

The president

could not hear from the box how Jarvis Cocker and the Pulp implored from the public address system for some respect for the common people.

Laporta did not appear in his seat until a minute before the game began.

Talkative, smiling and turned into a sack of hugs, he also prepared himself to endure a phenomenal exchange of blows between Barcelona and Manchester United, who will continue their business in a week at Old Trafford after the hard-fought 2-2 draw.

The one who took it easy to reach the box was Ronaldinho, whose sunrises were always late.

Along those rows also sat Sir

, United legend;

, former president of the Parliament of Catalonia and now Minister of Business;

, who has just been re-elected for the second time as president of the Catalan Football Federation;

, who was the accidental Barça president who acted as a hinge between Gaspart and Laporta;

or

, superior chief of Police of Catalonia.

Such was the excitement emanating from the match that it didn't take the fans too much to get deeply involved after singing a capella one of the stanzas of the Barça anthem.

The fans lamented the injury to

's quadriceps - it will leave him out of the second leg along with the also injured

and the suspended

, with

also on the limit.

They were moved together with

, who was able to pay a heartfelt tribute to his father,

, who died last week with his header on goal.

And they went into combustion when they saw Barcelona react to Rashford's attacks, responsible for one goal and precursor to another.

He caught the tie at two almost without wanting to and was extremely angry when he saw that his coach later sent him to the bench.

The fans whistled.

They booed the referee, Italian

, for not signaling a handball from Fred in the box.

And they went into the night applauding before the spectacle seen.

«In no case would I want to win with cheats.

revolted

with the stadium already empty.

Nothing cracks the bubble.

Oblivion Street is far away.

seven kilometres.

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