Football is part of that,” the Catalonian president, Carles Puigdemont, told the Guardian. Photograph: Bagu Blanco/Rex/ShutterstockIt is now a familiar scene, after similar memorials at football stadiums after attacks in Paris, Manchester and Dortmund. Special shirts were produced for the opening game against Real Betis that bore the hashtag #TotsSomBarcelona (We are all Barcelona) on the chest. On the back, the players’ individual names have been replaced by the collective “Barcelona”. We are all potentially victims at any given moment, whether it be going to the metro station or going to a football ground.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2017 21:45 UTC