The trip to United States for the dispute of the friendly against Club America, just after the suffered and demanding victory against Almería, went the only strategy that from the Barcelona dispatches found to be able to add extraordinary income. They were conscious, however, of the titanic effort that this supposed for the players, because they finished the party against the picture almeriense to go up to an aeroplane, have a flight of more than eleven hours and go down, practically, to contest a new clash.
The true is that the -always- delicate financial situation of the Catalan entity forced to the directors to take said decision. The result were five million euros that ingresaron to the accounts of the club, with the fortune that any footballer finished lesionado or with physical problems. The Barça saved of a greater problem, although they were very conscious that the challenge was maximum and that the problems were just around the corner.
For the high spheres of the club and in front of the absence of Joan Laporta, the one who remained in Barcelona, Rafa Yuste, sportive vice-president, had a brief speech in which it appreciated to the players that had displaced until Dallas by the effort that this supposed, and by entenden the financial situation by which cross that them 'forced' to cross the 'puddle' and 'recortar' the holidays of Navidad.
The speech of Rafa Yuste to the staff of the Barça
The speech was 'revealed' in the video of the FC Barcelona on the trip to United States "Dallas. The film", in which the Barcelona have resumido the trip and observe the small details of how lived the expedition culé the previous, dispute and post of the friendly against the Mexican group. In concrete, during the breakfast of the players, Yuste took the word.
The director culé ensured that "you have done east encourage pair be here and appreciate it to you for real. We come to play a very intense party, win it, deserved it, but take an aeroplane and come here to play a party appreciate it to you of heart".