Shame. The end of the match between Espanyol and FC Barcelona in Cornellà cannot be described otherwise. As soon as the game ended with a culé win, Xavi’s team celebrated their league title on the “perico” field. Moments later, there was an unfortunate invasion of the pitch by dozens of local team radicals, sending the Barça players into a frenzy, who ran to the dressing room tunnel to protect themselves.
However, tension persisted in the tunnel. While National Police rioters formed a human stop in the access tunnel to the changing rooms to protect the Barcelona players, some fans managed to reach that area and even tried to sneak into the tunnel, bypassing the security check. .
Hooded radicals armed with bars and chairs
The Radicals, almost all hooded, invaded the field. They were provided with chairs, iron bars and sticks. Their presence alerted the security of the pitch and caused Barça players to storm into the changing rooms, while members of the Mossos d’Esquadra Mobile Brigade got in the way of the ultras.. A horrific scene that damages the image of Espanyol and especially the League.
An ESPN video shows how some Barcelona players had a serious altercation even in the dressing room tunnel. Specifically Sergio Busquetswho, visibly angry, he took it out loud with the fans while being held by members of Espanyol security. Moments later, he was joined by Marcos Alonso, Ronald Araujo and Ferran Torres. Fortunately, the incident did not end in anything worse and the waters gradually returned to their course.
Following these events, RCD Espanyol decided to issue a statement condemning the unpleasant events, deploring “the isolated events” and “emphatically rejecting any form of violence”.
Source: Goal