Barca has scored the first goal of the classic year's game will be played, finally, on Monday, November 29 at nine in the evening in the Nou Camp. Was the preferred solution for Pep Guardiola, who had commented that opportunity to play on Saturday was bad for his team, who must certify that week in Athens, his pass to the knockout stages of the Champions League against Panathinaikos. It was a purely sporting matter, because playing on Saturday meant fewer hours of rest after arriving from Greece in the early hours of Wednesday. Not too convinced on Sunday Pep Guardiola. "There's more important elections in this country," he said when asked their preferences, even when it was assumed that the match would be played on Sunday, the same day that the membership will elect the new Parliament of Catalonia .
After weeks and weeks of rumors and speculation about the date of the most anticipated classic of recent years, the mystery was revealed yesterday. He did Jaume Roures, president of Mediapro, the platform that manages the TV rights. "Playing on Monday is the most reasonable from the viewpoint of sports, the fans and also from a civic point of view." Roures compared with a classic Champions League semifinal, which also takes place during the week and reminded to play the Sunday would have prevented 80,000 fans, "many of Barcelona," enjoy the game, because they would be working in the electoral operation. The president of the Professional Football League, Jose Luis Astiazaran, Sandro Rosell personally informed that the match would be played Monday. The club accepted it gladly, because the device involving a game of this nature does not change depending on the day. At Real Madrid, however, the decision did not sit well Mediapro. Through its general director, Jorge Valdano, the white club had to play on Monday stressed that "the best way of discrediting the Spanish football." After meeting confirmation date, the Madrid was resigned to follow the decision of Mediapro. Emilio Butragueno, director of Institutional Relations Chamartin club, hinted that Real accepted to play on Monday, but the ele ction on Monday does not convince those responsible for the club.
Harmed ... or not will be
the third classic story to be played on Monday, but no one had raised so many expectations and sparked many reactions. For some sectors, Monday is excellent restaurants, bars and cafes welcomed the decision to move the match to Monday. The President of the Guild of Hotel de Catalunya, Gaietà Farràs said on Monday that a classic is good "to the vast majority of the 48,000 establishments "of its kind in Catalonia. Also, cinemas and museums, which usually closing day on Monday, will benefit as well as the main theater district, will not function on Monday 29 November. For the political class is also good news that the match is played on Monday and not on election day. However, many fans received the news with anger, as the rocks outside of Barcelona in Catalonia, since some of them already had paid for air travel and hotels to watch the game live at the Camp Nou. Many other supporters also need to change your regular earlier this week to watch the game. Barcelona fans attending each game at Camp Nou Barcelona from outside will also be forced to alter their usual liturgy. Barca estimated that in every game, some 25,000 Catalans come to the Nou Camp from across the metropolitan area of Barcelona.
Again, the offices of the Catalan Football Federation felt good news: the final of the Copa Catalunya, 2009 (a triangular with Barça, Espanyol and L'Hospitalet as protagonists) will be played in Sabadell on Wednesday 1 December, just two days after the classic, so Guardiola's team move only first team players to Sabadell, scene of the game. In some stores, such as shopping centers with longer hours, the classic customer subtracted from two hours before kickoff in the Camp Nou. Playing the game on Monday become a universal and unique event, as not coincide with any other sporting event that may detract role. In Barcelona, the cultural activity of Monday 29 November will be quite small, although the group Amaral give a concert at Sala Apolo.
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