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Valdés: “In the 97/98 season I was playing for the under-16s A team and the coach was Albert Benaiges. It was my third year at La Masia and I remember we watched it in the TV room at La Masia with Andrés Iniesta and other youth team players. Like a lot of people what sticks in the mind for me is Ruud Hesp saving the last penalty with his foot.”
Cáceres: “I was 11 and playing for Defensor Sporting Montevideo youth teams. That’s always been my club in Uruguay. We call the youth teams different names there and I was in the ‘Spring Onions'.”
Piqué: “I saw that final at home with a friend, my parents and my brother. I was only 11 and played for the under-12s A team. Of course there was no way I could imagine that I’d be playing in Barça’s next final.”
Márquez: “I was still playing at Atlas in Mexico under Lavolpe. A bit later on I moved to Monaco in Europe.”
Puyol: “I was 20 and playing for Barça B under Gonzalvo. That year we got promotion to Second Division A by winning in Santiago Bernabéu. I saw the final in a flat I was sharing with other academy players after having left La Masia.”
Xavi: “That season I was in Barça B, though I was already training with the first team and I went to Mestalla to watch. We went down early in the morning on the Euromed with the families of the other players.”
Gudjohnsen: “At that time I’d just gone back to Iceland as my contract with PSV Eindhoven had ended after we’d won the League. A bit later on I signed for Bolton.”
Iniesta: “I’d been in La Masia for two years and I watched the game in the TV room with other resident players including Víctor Valdés. I was playing for the under-14s with Ursicinio López as coach. We won the League that year.”
Eto'o: “That year I was on loan at CD Leganés, in the Second Division A. Two years later I signed for Mallorca and from there came to Barça.”
Messi: “I was ten and in Argentina at Rosario. A bit later on I came to Barcelona to join the academy.”
Bojan: “I was seven and was still playing for the under-8s at Bellpuig. The following year I joined Barça’s academy.”
Pinto: “It was my first season with Celta Vigo. Víctor Fernández was the coach. I saw the game at home in Vigo.”
Henry: “I was at Monaco under Jean Tigana. That year we played in the CL semi-finals against Juventus with Del Piero and Zidane, and a few months later I won the World Cup with France. I didn’t see the final but I remember the side amongst other things because my great buddy Sonny Anderson was playing for them.”
Keita: “I was 18 and playing for Olympique Marseilles, my first team in Europe.”
Sylvinho: “At the time I was trying to win the Brazilian League with Corinthians. Wanderlei Luxemburgo was manager and in the end we won the title. I don’t recall seeing the game and didn’t think I’d end up at Barça.”
Milito: “That was my first season in Independiente’s first team and I was only 17. The manager was Menotti. We followed Mallorca because there were lots of Argentineans. I don’t recall seeing the whole game but I did see the highlights and the shoot-out.”
Dani Alves: “In 98 I didn’t imagine I’d end up playing in a Cup final for Barça. I was 15 and playing for Sport Club Baia under-16s. It was my last season in Brazil before going to Seville.”
Hleb: “That was my first season at Stuttgart, and my first outside Belorussia.”
Abidal: “I was 19 and starting out in the semipro game. I played for Lyon Duchere in a top regional league. I’d just got over a serious injury and was enjoying playing again.”
Touré: “I was 15 and playing youth football at ASEC and living in Abidjan with my parents. Barça was already famous in Ivory Coast but I don’t think I saw the Mallorca final.”
Jorquera: “That was my last season at Barça C before moving up to Barça B. The coach was Joan Vilà. I saw the game on TV with my family at home in Girona.”
Víctor Sánchez: “I was 11 and playing for Jabac Terrassa. That year my coach with the under-12s A team was Sergio Lobera, who later on was a Barça academy coach. I watched the final at home.”
Pedro: “I was playing in the under-12s A team at San Isidro, my club before I joined the Barça academy in the under-18s. I watched the game at home with my family.”
Sergio Busquets: “My dad wasn’t called up for the game and we went down on Euromed on matchday. My granddad came with us. I was then playing for Barberà.”
Pep Guardiola: “I couldn’t play because I was injured but I watched the game from the stands.”
Tito Vilanova: “That season I was playing in the Second Division A at Lleida. Juande Ramos was manager and we finished fifth. The season before I’d won promotion as a player with Mallorca. I watched the game on TV at home.”
Juan Carlos Unzué: “1997/98 was my first season at Tenerife, where I spent two years. It was my third time with a First Division outfit.”
Aureli Altimira: “I was playing for Gavà in Second Division B and saw the final on TV.”
Paco Seirul·lo: “I was already on the first team coaching staff.”
Lorenzo Buenaventura: “That season I was the fitness coach at Espanyol.”