He RCD Espanyol He believes that Sunday’s Catalan derby will also be played at home. And it will take place at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, which has been the home of the Parakeets team for 12 years. He was also for rent as he is now for the Barça team. It will therefore be a special derby after a season without seeing each other due to the relegation of the blue and white to the Second Division.
“Sunday we returned to Montjuic. What are your favorite memories,” published the Spanish on their social networks with just over 24 hours until the Catalan derby in La Liga is played accompanied by four photographs of the parakeet team at the Olympic stadium. One of them with blue and white flags and colors. A special derby in which the parakeets team feels that they will also play at home. His memories over twelve years are immense.
The team that will host the Catalan derby this Sunday will be the Barcelona. Since last season, and thanks to the work carried out at the Camp Nou, the Blaugrana team has played its League and Champions League matches at the stadium Montjuic Olympic. He does this after concluding a rental contract with Barcelona City Hall. A very similar situation was experienced by Spanish for 12 years.
He Spanish relives a Catalan derby after a year in the second division and does so in Montjuic Olympic Gamesa stadium which was his home from 1997 to 2009. He had to play there after the demolition of his old stadium, Sarriá, and while waiting for his current ground, RCDE Stadium, to be completed in Cornellá-El Prat. Additionally, Montjuic also hosted the 1957 Copa del Rey final between the two teams.
During the years of Montjuic, the social mass of the Spanish grows and the parakeet team wins two Copas del Rey. One in 2000 and another in 2006. Furthermore, the blue and white team also celebrated its centenary with a victory against the Argentine team in the stadium where it will play again this Sunday. But this time, he will do it as a visitor and against his eternal rival.
Diumenge turns towards Montjuïc. What are your favorite records? 🤩 #BarçaEspanyol pic.twitter.com/il6SNwHbtj
– RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (@RCDEspanyol) November 1, 2024
From now on, the Catalan derby returns with very opposite situations. He Barcelona is leader of the League with 10 victories in his first eleven matches and after beating the the real Madrid inside Santiago Bernabéu for 0-4. Those of Hansi Filmwho will experience his first derby against Spanishthey are unstoppable. The Parakeets team, meanwhile, is fighting to retain the category after being promoted last season.
It will be a match full of emotions and full of rivalry. It must be remembered that the last League of Barcelonawon by Xavi, was won at Campo Perico. The most radical blue and white supporters responded by jumping onto the pitch and running against the Barça players, who had to quickly return to the locker room. The Catalan derby returns this Sunday from 4:15 p.m. in Montjuic.
