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31.07.2008 22:00

Welcome to Chicago

David Saura (enviat especial)


After a flight of more than 9 hours, the Barça expedition left behind the Renaissance city and is now in the Mecca of modern architecture, Chicago.


The past and tradition of Florence have given way to a city like Chicago where the skyscrapers, glass and concrete dominate the skyline. In order to understand this graphically we’ve changed ‘Il Duomo de Santa Maria dei Fiore’, from the 14th C, for all 442 metres of the Sears Tower, built in 1973. This architectonic contrast is more than 9 hours flight away, the time taken by the Barça expedition in setting down at O’Hare International Airport.

Passport control

Having survived the usual North American rigor at passport control on entering the country, the team settled into The W Hotel Lakeshore, while they overcame the jet lag until the first training session at Illinois University

They’re back two years later

arribada_chicago_x3x.jpgTwo years after their last visit to the U.S.A., Barça again set foot in an American city. On that occasion, Los Angeles, Houston and New York welcomed the team with open arms. Now it’s Chicago’s turn, a new city on the American route the club has taken in the last few years.

Guardiola’s first tour

Manager pep Guardiola faces his first tour at the head of a renewed team, which out with exhibitions of football needs to get on form to face the Champion’s preliminary with guarantees. For the moment he is managing this amply.
Welcome to Chicago
Chivas, an old aquaintance

Chivas de Guadalajara, the club with most titles in the Mexican League, will be Barça’s rival at the Soldier Field in Chicago. This will be the second game in such a short period of time that Barça play against the red and whites. Two years ago, in a sold out Coliseum in Los Angeles, they met again in August in a game that ended in a draw (1-1).


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