
The message couldn’t have been louder during the moments before kickoff in today’s Europa League game at the Diego Armando Maradona when b oth teams gathered beneath a banner that said only specific terms: STOP WAR.
The message is one of unanimity in condemning Russia’s military intervention against Ukraine.
This is not the first time FC Barcelona has made such a gesture before a football game. Before a game against Racing Santander in 2003, the team wore white shirts with the slogan ‘Barça for peace,’ on that occasion to protest the war in Iraq, and there was also a flag.The message is one of unanimity in condemning Russia’s military intervention against Ukraine.