This Sunday, March 14, marks one year since the State of Alarm was announced to deal with the release of Covid-19 in Spain. In those twelve months, Barça fans were unable to go to Camp Nou to see their team live. The club has put together the documentary A production of ‘Camp Nou, a year in silence’, produced by Barça Studios, which will premiere on Tuesday 23 March on Barça TV +, vthe Club streaming platform
Two days before the Alarm State order, LaLiga announced that two mother days had been postponed in a protective manner, waiting to see how the situation progressed with the first progressive cases in the country. These measures led to significant changes in society, and in football it was first broken into tournaments, and months later when the season began behind closed doors.
The documentary looking back at what this time was like through the testimonials of first team player Clément Lenglet and four members of Barça: Jaume Julià, who has been a member of Barça for the past 78 years and witnessed the founding of the stadium in 1957; Marc Tarín, 33-year-old healthcare professional and member from age 11; Marta Guarnier, a pharmacist who has enjoyed games at the Camp Nou for 25 years, and Alejandro Rodríguez, 29, a Barça fan for more than 20 years, who admits FC Barcelona is one of the his sufferings.
In the documentary, which will be divided into two parts, Barcelona fans will talk about their knowledge of the State of Alarms, what Barça means to them and how they dealt with their inability to get to the stadium o recently.
Lenglet recalls, among other things, the meeting with his colleagues in the dressing room, which took place on March 13, 2020. On that day, with the situation, the first team stopped its activity while awaiting the pandemic. Dr Jaume Padrós, president of the Barcelona Medical Association and Head of Occupational Health at FC Barcelona, and Dr Antoni Trilla, Head of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at Clinic Hospital, were in attendance.
The player also explains what the return to training was like, first doing it on their own and then allowing for gradual group sessions. He describes how he and his team experienced these uncertain times. He also talks about what it’s like to play games without fans present and how they lose support from the stands, expressing their desire to be able to meet them soon and thank them for keeping up with the club well and bad times.