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Club President Sandro Rosell praised the Nou Camp crowd at the game tonight, claiming their great support was a real factor in the team’s performance.
Following the convincing win over Seville, Sandro Rosell was quick to praise the attitude of the Nou Camp fans who filled the stadium despite this being a holiday weekend in Catalonia.
Fans inspire the team
According to the Club President: “the team and the fans deserve a 10. The fans got behind the team even more than they normally do and that really helps the team to work well. The team inspires the fans and the fans inspire the team!” “Pep was right about Villa”
This was David Villa’s night as he put to bed any doubts about his goal scoring with two great strikes and the President insisted that Pep Guardiola was right this week when he assured the fans that Villa would soon be back amongst the goals.
Tough month ahead
There’s a tough November ahead of the team, with some big games, including the visit of Real Madrid, but Sr Rosell made it clear that: “Barça have this kind of pressure all year round. We have to focus on ourselves move forward, keep on winning and piling up the points”. Copenhagen
Barça’s next test is the game in Copenhagen in midweek and the President commented: “it won’t be an easy game, but we are confident. The team is fitter – it’s working better and improving. A good result in Denmark will give us peace of mind about classifying for the next round”.
The ombudsman knows he has an important job to do, which entails “responsibility for overseeing a good understanding between supporters clubs, as ensuring honest and efficient compliance with the agreements they establish with Barça. These agreements are always in coordination with the Supporters Clubs Council, the former Advisory Committee, and the parties implied”, explained Térmens. 
The Pope’s visit began with a visit to the Benedictine Abbey at Montserrat. By midday, he had arrived in the city and headed for the Sagrada Familia, where he recited the Angelus. After that, he went to the Cathedral, passing along Carrer Sardenya, Carrer Aragó, Passeig de Gràcia, Ronda de Sant Pere, Plaça Urquinaona and Via Laietana. He blessed the huge crowd that had gathered in the Cathedral Square before going to visit the Archbishop. After lunch, at about 15.30, he left for Avinguda Maria Cristina where he was greeted by a million people as he made his way into the Camp Nou for his next religious duty. 
Sadly, the weather was less welcoming, and under pouring rain, a congregation of 120,000 gathered on the recently extended Camp Nou terraces. John Paul II entered the stadium at 18.30 via the south goal, and blessed the adoring crowds. The Pope stood on a 600 m2 covered podium in the middle of the pitch. A huge 3000 m2 scarlet and yellow carpet was decorated with yellow flowers. 
To the right of the huge altar assembled in front of the grandstand was a choir of two thousand conducted by the director of the Coral Sant Jordi, Oriol Martorell and a group of priests who later gave communion. To the left, some seven hundred sick people awaited the blessing of the Holy Father, while in the Palau Blaugrana, a further 4,500 sick, disabled and elderly people followed the service from afar. Before beginning the Eucharist, the Pope said “peace be with you” in the Catalan language, which certainly impressed the congregation. The stadium fell into silence for the mass, which ended with a singing of “Virolai”. 
The Club presented the Holy Father with a package of surgical materials to be sent to the Third World. The Pope signed the club’s Book of Honour and presented a rosary to Josep Lluís Núñez. John Paul II was also presented with club membership card number 108,000. Years later, in November 2001, the update of the club register meant the Pope’s number became 103,350, which was the card he still had when he died on April 2, 2005.
Xavi Hernández is hot on the heels of Migueli’s all-time appearance record for FC Barcelona. “It is normal that someone will take the record because people are pushing all the time and it is only an anecdote to have the record number of games,” he continued. “I would be happy if Xavi took it though and I was second, that would not be bad.” 
Anna Tarrés led the national synchronised swimming team as they took their positions in the esteemed position. The swimmers, who won four silver medals at the recent European games in Budapest, organised their training sessions for the week to allow them to be able to attend. “To come to the stadium is a bit different for us because our days are constant work and something like this brings us even closer,” Tarrés said.