“I have paid what had to be paid”

See the Barca tide surrounding San Mamés It was one of the things that most impressed the Barça soccer players now a year ago. They, on the bus, approached the stadium where they were going to play the Champions League final against Lyon's Olympique. They didn't know what was going to happen on the pitch. But from their windows, climbing the coach that was slowly hurrying at the stadium, they smiled. There was culés beyond where his eyes came. Bengals, flags, scarves, t -shirts. Barça had already conquered Bilbao.