by Цоомоо » Wed May 19, 2010 2:07 pm
Player reactions in the celebration
Xavi:
Like Puyi’ said, this year they have tried to stop us by all ways, but they could not. This team is the best in the world. Like the ‘Presi’ says . . . They should learn from us! Let’s go to Luz de Gas, ‘Presi’! Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Iniesta:
Bona nit [good evening]. This Liga is for you all! Thanks to you all I have been able to overcome very complicated moments this year. Next year we’ll be back again! ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Pedro:
In the first place, we thank all of you for the support that you have given us the whole season. I’m very happy to be a part of this whole team. I hope that you are happy with this title, with as much as it has cost. ¡Visca el Barça, Visca Catalunya y Visca Tenerife!
Márquez:
¡Bona nit a tothom! [Good evening to all!] Thank you very much for your confidence. All of these years have been the best ones of my life. Thank you very much to the directive staff, the coaching staff, and to the players. Many thanks! ¡Visca el barça y Visca Catalunya!
Milito:
I just want to say that for me I am truly proud to be a part of this team and group of people that are humanly remarkable, and [it's] thanks to the human group that we have humanly achieved great successes.* You really get to know what people are like in difficult moments, and they have helped me a great deal, just as you all have. And so I want to thank you for that and enjoy this moment to it fullest. ¡Adéu!
(*Translator’s note: I am not sure what he meant with the repetition of ‘humano’ and ‘humanamente,’ but it might have been a reference to the song, which has been their unofficial theme song, ‘Human’ by The Killers.)
Busquets:
Bona nit. Without you all, this would not be possible. Enjoy it because you deserve it. Best wishes! ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Chygrynskiy:
Thanks to you all and best wishes because it is your victory. Today we celebrate that - what we have all won! Thanks!
Alves:
Bona nit a tothom, benvinguts a l’estadi [Good evening and welcome to the stadium]. One more year we are here to celebrate a new title and after such a difficult year, we have once more achieved this very important title. I also pay homage to Piqué and to a guest who is here (Shakira), and we are going to celebrate with this dance …. ‘waka waka’! ¡Visca el Barça, Visca Catalunya y Visca la ‘mare que ens va parir’!
Keita:
Good evening, many thanks to all, as much as to my teammates as to the coaches and to the fans! ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Abidal:
Thank you to you all for the support all season long. I am very happy to play for this club. Thank you to the whole team because I spent months injured without being able to be available. This league [title] is for you all. ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya! Ah! Wait, wait! A message for my wife: bring me jackets because the girls are cold.
Puyol:
This year they have attacked us but [they] have not been able to stop us. We are the champions because we are the best. Thanks to the people who are behind the players. ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Valdés:
You are the best fans in the world. Truly, thank you very much. We should be proud one more time of this Barça and of this team and of winning the league from our great rival. Like the ‘mister’ said, we owe you a title, and we hope that next year in Wembley that we can give you some happiness. ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Messi:
Bona nit. This year I’m not going to say anything strange, but simply give thanks to you all and like we say in Argentina: ‘¡la concha de su madre!’ ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
[UPDATE]
According to Sport, Messi’s expression generated confusion among the spectators in Camp Nou, when he shouted,” concha de su madre.” The complete expression [omitted from the original article that I read] was, “¡aguante Argentina, la concha de su madre!” This would be a cheer for his “motherland,” Argentina.
Piqué:
Bona nit. We all wanted it. Many people didn’t want the title to end up here, and they will be f***ked. We have it here again. Best wishes to all because you all are also champions of the league. I would like for you all to remember it. ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya! (The public chanted ‘Madridista qui no boti’). I want to be clear that I don’t sing that, because otherwise I’ll get smacked from all sides!
Zlatan:
Thanks to all. Thanks to the coach that has helped me a lot as well as to you all. I am very happy.
Henry:
Good evening. I would like to say that winning a title with 99 points is something that I’ve never seen in my life. Thanks to all. To play for Barça is something very special. ¡Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya!
Bojan:
Thank you to my family, to all the people of Barcelona. Thank you to the players, be happy! ¡Visca el Barca y Visca Catalunya!
Pinto:
Bona nit. I think the key to everything, really, is as much you all as us; we are connected, we have become one. We are going to continue making history.
Touré:
Good evening, welcome to the stadium. This year has been a special year for you all and for us. It has not been easy, but we have achieved this league with your help. Thank you to all the fans and to my friends. Many thanks.
Maxwell:
This group deserves everything that has gone on this year. Thank you to all. A hug.
Jeffren:
Good evening. I would like to thank all of the culés and the coaching staff. Thanks to them I have felt like one more [of the team] and coming from the ‘filial’ [youth team]. Best wishes to all culés. Visca el Barca, Visca Catalunya y Visca Tenerife!