Barcelona scraps Spain World Cup tribute amid fans’ Catalan flag support

An act supporting Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol is organized as Barcelona hosts first game since Spain’s World Cup win.Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026Barcelona’s World Cup winners with Spain were not honoured by the club at its first home game of the season because of an incident involving the “estelada” flag, Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol.Instead, an act supporting the estelada organized by a local group took place at Camp Nou stadium, which was laden with some 10,000 small flags that were handed to fans before Thursday’s match. There were also some large flags and a few banners being displayed in the stands.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Nigeria’s football federation chief resigns amid corruption allegationslist 2 of 4Yaya Toure becomes first African coach to lead a team into Champions Leaguelist 3 of 4Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreamslist 4 of 4NFL champions Seattle Seahawks sold to Khosla Group for record $9.6 billionend of listFans raised the flags during Barcelona’s anthem. Before the match, a few thousand fans marched with the pro-independence symbols near the Camp Nou, according to local media.Barcelona has eight...