New Footage Of Camp Nou Demolition Leaves Fans Feeling Emotional As Large Sections Of Iconic Barcelona Stadium Are Reduced To Rubble
Demolition work at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium reached a new level over the weekend.
The club's famous home, built in 1957, is being redeveloped, which will force Xavi Hernandez's first team to temporarily relocate to Montjuic's Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium next season.
But things have since got a lot more serious as cranes have started the process of tearing down the stands.
A video showing large sections of the stadium being reduced to rubble went viral over the weekend.
The footage left many fans feeling emotional.
One wrote on Twitter: "Made me tear up honestly."
Another commented: "We're losing an absolute footballing temple, one of the last of its kind."
Meanwhile, a Tottenham supporter wrote: "This video makes me very sad.
"The fully improved Camp Nou should be absolutely brilliant but the old Camp Nou was one of my favourite stadiums. Although my first visit in 1982 for FC Barcelona v Spurs did result in us Spurs fans being attacked with bottles & stones after the game".
This photo was taken earlier this month during the demolition phase of the redevelopment project at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium
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Xavi recently told Barca fans that his players will need their support in order to feel at home in Montjuic next season.
"Camp Nou feels like my home," Xavi told reporters. "But it is for a good cause, to have an even better stadium where the fans will feel even better. It's for the common good.
"My feeling is it won't be easy in Montjuic. We have to move to a new ground and we will need the fans with us.
"That atmosphere that's been generated since I have been in charge, we will need that in Montjuic. The fans need to know that we are going to need them a lot there."
