Brutal scene! FC Barcelona dresses an iconic monument in Barça

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are preparing to play the first Clásico of the 2024/25 season. Although it will be held far from Spain, it is expected that a real atmosphere will be experienced in the United States. Culés and Merengues will meet at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, in an exciting duel that will take place at 01:00. Within hours of the initial whistle, the Catalans wanted to 'warm up' the preview a little and made a Barça reference with one of the icons of North America.

The Barcelona entity has shared through its social networks an image of the Statue of Liberty wearing the new first kit of Hansi Flick's team, which was generated using AI. A spectacular video that will be projected on the screens in Times Square throughout this Saturday, thus 'declaring' the New York city as Blaugrana.

🗽 Nueva York es azulgrana 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/DTAg9Pl5QJ

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) August 2, 2024

The exhibition will take place on the screen known as 'The Monsta', which is located at 1540 Broadway, where Broadway and 45th Street meet. According to 'El Nacional.cat', the image is expected to be played intermittently until there are four hours left before the ball starts rolling at the new Meadowlands Stadium, home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the NFL. .

Barça seeks to maintain the preseason trend

In the duel that pits the Catalans against the Madridistas, the team led by Flick will seek to achieve their third consecutive victory in the summer Clásicos. If this is achieved, the culés will maintain their undefeated record in the preseason clashes against the meringues. To achieve this, the German coach, who will play his first game against the Vikings, will have the presence of several 'heavyweights' such as Gündogan, Lewandowski and Raphinha, so the German's debut against the eternal rival could end with a sweet taste. of mouth.