And September 11th Furthermore, FC Barcelona has not missed its appointment in the Floral offering to the Rafael Casanova Monumenton the occasion of the National Day of Catalonia. A large representation of the entity has been present at the traditional event that pays tribute to the Head Counselor of Barcelona during the Bourbon siege of the city in the War of the Spanish Succession.
The President John Laporta has headed the culer delegation, in addition to other members of the Board of Directors such as Rafael Yustefirst vice president of the Sports Area, Elena Fort, Vice President of the Institutional Area, Josep Cubells, Secretary of the Board of Directors and President of the Barça Basketball Club, Xavier Barbany, responsible for the Barça roller hockey team, Miquel Camps, member of the Board of Directors, Josep Ignasi Maciàresponsible for the Social Area, Aureli Masresponsible for Barça’s futsal team, Joan Soléresponsible for Barça handball and Jordi Casalspresident of Barça Athletic.
On the other hand, representing the Club’s professional teams have been Hansi Flick y Alexander Baldeas coach and player of the men’s first team. On behalf of the Barça women’s team, the sporting director, Marc Vivésthe new coach Peter Romeo and the captain Alexia Putellas. As for basketball, the new coach has been appointed Joan Peñarroyaaccompanied by the captain Alex Abrines. In handball, Jordi Rosell, responsible for formative handball, has attended with the player Pol Valera.
Moving on to indoor football, triple representation with the coordinator Jordi Torrasthe new coach Tino Perez and the player Sergio Gonzalezas well as in roller hockey, since the coordinator has attended Gaby Cairo, the coach David Caceres and the goalkeeper Sergi FernandezAs usual, other areas of the entity have also been represented, such as youth football, with the players Jesus Ruescas y Jan More and the players Maria Michael e Irene Miquel. On behalf of the Barça Genuine Foundation were its manager, Sergi Bakera player, Guillem Alsinaand a player, Berta Sió, and on behalf of the Barça Players Association, its president Juan Manuel Asensithe vice president Peter Valentine and the manager Antonio Olmo have not been lacking either.
The words of President Joan Laporta
At this event, Joan Laporta gave a brief speech where he recalled that “one more year, FC Barcelona, an entity with Deeply democratic rootswants to be at the floral offering at the monument to Rafael Casanova. We have done this since 1919, whenever political circumstances have allowed it, and we are very proud of it. The Club has always positioned itself in favour of the rights and freedoms of Cataloniaand we will continue to do so, because the Board of Directors that I am proud to chair and all the people at the Club have the duty to be faithful and respectful of our founding essence, something that we will remember this year with the 125th anniversary, which shows why Barça is More than a Club. Long live Barça and Long Live Catalunya!” he said.
