La Sexta: Why FC Barcelona Fans Are Looking to Europe Without Fear Again
09.09.26, 10:05 Updated 09.09.26, 10:18
Pol Ferré
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There's something truly unique about the relationship between FC Barcelona and the Champions League.
It's not simply the logical ambition of any elite club to win the most prestigious club trophy in world football. On Wednesday, when the Spotify Camp Nou switches its floodlights back on to welcome Feyenoord for the opening game of the new League Phase, the question will once again echo through the stands, the debates and the collective imagination of Barça supporters: is the Champions League a neurotic obsession for the local fanbase, or could the iconic big-eared trophy returning to Catalunya be the inevitable consequence of a project that has regained its pride?
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Pol Ferré is a journalism graduate from UAB and completed an internship at Onda Cero - one of Spain's biggest radio stations - in 2026. A lifelong Culer born and raised in Barcelona, he's heavily involved in Catalonia's grassroots system as a league-winning coach managing teams for eight years, or since he was 16.