The Camp Nou rebuild is not done: only three sides of the lower two tiers are open, allowing for a maximum 45,401 of the 105,000 it will eventually hold, and at times, in truth, the day of fiesta was a little flat, quiet and underwhelming, but Flick said it's a really good feeling to be back here, and back is the word.
Valverde had the megastar Lionel Messi as the talisman of his Barcelona team in the past and now Hansi Flick's Blaugrana look up to teenage superstar Lamine Yamal to deliver the goods. As such, comparisons between the two have been doing the rounds for a while now, and Valverde gave his two cents on the same. "Time will tell. The bar is set incredibly high. Messi has arguably been the best player in the world, with incredible ambition every single day," warned Valverde.
It's a return to the future. We'll relive the past and we're really looking forward to it. It will be a historic moment, and we're regaining a home advantage that we don't have at Montjuic,