Fans enter the Nou Camp to see that Barca’s men’s team is only half of the women’s team

Considered the “main team” in the Barcelona sports ecosystem, the Blaugrana men’s football team has always received the most attention compared to their colleagues in the women’s team, futsal team, basketball… This did not happen this season, when the club had many problems.

Recently, in the reception of Vallecano in La Liga, the Nou Camp stands only attracted 57,023 spectators to the field. This is the lowest number in the last 5 matches Barcelona are played at home, the largest stadium in Europe.

Notably, just two days ago, the Barcelona women’s team (Barca Femeni) saw 91,648 spectators come to the Nou Camp to watch the match against Wolfsburg, in the first leg of the European Women’s Cup. Now, it is Barca’s male players who must covet the atmosphere of cheering like what fans are doing with the women’s team.

It should be known that the number of fans entering the Nou Camp on April 23 broke the world record for the total audience watching a women’s football match live. The previous record also belonged to Nou Camp and Barca Femeni less than a month ago, in the second leg of the women’s Champions League quarter-final between Barca and Real Madrid.

This contrast also comes from the contrasting performance of the two football teams of Barcelona. The Barca Femeni women’s team is really the force of women’s football in Europe, and even the world. They stand in front of the opportunity to reap all the titles they attend. At the same time, this team also owns stars like Alexia Putellas, the reigning World Women’s Golden Ball.

Meanwhile, Xavi’s Barca is empty-handed this season. Most recently, they continued to lose to Vallecano, thereby extending the losing streak at the Nou Camp to 3. What is more remarkable is the extremely disappointing performance, with superficial gameplay and competitive spirit. tired fight.

Not to mention, the trouble from the defeat against Frankfurt in the Europa League is still surrounding Barcelona. The image of the Nou Camp stadium filled with German fans made President Joan Laporta consider it an “insult”. The internal Barca fans also erupted into controversies, when many people criticized the act of “dropping tickets” for rival NHMs. In the last few matches, the stands behind the goal (usually to the left in the direction of the live camera), have been left empty as a way for the “real” Cules to react.

Obviously, the current Barca under Xavi’s hand is still in the process of rebuilding from the beginning. They no longer have stars like Messi, and even young stars Pedri and Fati can miss the whole season because of injury. However, the remaining players still need to play to the best of their ability if they want to regain more confidence than the fans. On the other hand, it is also a problem for the Blaugrana BLD in perfecting the way to serve the fans, which has been forgotten under the former president Bartomeu.