Lionel Messi Attends the Opening of New Barcelona Stadium

The Barcelona star who is still recovering from an injury to Lionel Messi attended the opening of the Johan Cruyff stadium on Wednesday (29/08/2019). Messi was a special guest at the stadium's opening ceremony.

Quoting Football5star.com, Messi from ESPN and a number of other Barcelona players, such as Sergio Busquets, came to watch the opening match in this stadium between the Barcelona B-team and the 19-year-old team. , Ajax Amsterdam.

Johan Cruyff Stadium is located in the Sant Joan Despi district, on the outskirts of Barcelona. The plan of this stadium will be the headquarters of Barcelona B, Barcelona women's team and Barcelona U-19 team.

Previously, all three teams had their headquarters at the Estadi Mini, which is located next to the Nou camp stadium. It is hoped that the Mini Estadi will be dismantled by Barcelona management and replaced by a training ground for basketball and futsal.

Not only was the Johan Cruyff stadium inaugurated. Barcelona yesterday, Tuesday (28/8) also inaugurated the bronze statue of Johan Cruyff.

The bronze statue of Cruyff was created by famous sculptor Corry Ammerlaan van Niekerk. The 3.5-meter bronze stall was designed by van Niekerk and inspired by one of the iconic photos of player number 14.

The bronze statue of Cruyff will later be placed at the entrance of the Nou camp, near the Barcelona legend, Ladislau Kubala.

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