More than 300 people lived Barça-Madrid last night at Cafe Asherg, in the main square of Suq Mawif A central Doha coffee drew some 300 people who followed the classification of Barca

Doha, the capital of Qatar. Half sitting in the cafe terrace, sipping a mint tea or smoking water pipes (no beer, of course, in an Islamic country), the rest, standing, looked at the giant screen installed cap for the occasion . It sensed a clear class difference, but most of all, both the payment and the onlookers, they jumped for joy when Peter scored the goal that appeared to resolve the tie. I was not surprised, not in vain destiny had led me to the territory of the Qatar Foundation, announced in the shirt, you know. And not in vain in 2022 Qatar will host the football World Cup.

At the time of goal flew into the air a few scarves Barça (at 30 degrees and has merit!) and even a flag Barca. Five catarís wearing the shirt hugged Messi elated, while much of the public are limited to sucking with more relish the shisha, water pipe. Cannot be said to live with equal passion, a Barça-Madrid in Qatar in Catalunya. Certainly that is the complicity of the Qatar Foundation, but we know that the passion that lifts a classic is inversely proportional to the distance. And Doha is a six hour flight from Barcelona.

The passion, therefore, was relative to the point that the comments by the Arabic speaker, the most celebrated was that of the relationship Piqué-Shakira greeted with laughter by the audience. Among the players, Messi was the one who raised more applause, followed by Casillas, unanimously praised by the audience.

Aside from wearing T- Blaugrana, the public was one with that of Madrid and one with Inter, in plan Mourinha , I guess. But they were mostly white robes, ideal to beat the heat, but later found not wearing them because they were supporters of Madrid. An hour before the match was the heated atmosphere, and not by 30 degrees. When an employee of coffee down the screen and began testing the projector, an almost unanimous applause rose to the rank of Messi. Later, when in anticipation of a large capacity a couple of employees were to get more chairs, the applause grew worse. And when the game began the audience roared, much more in favor of the Madrid Barca. The comments were in Arabic, of course, but the atmosphere was chewing on big occasions, with boos, applause and whistles excessive gestures, as appropriate, and according to the color of the shirt.

Or pubs or Canaletes

In the end, the parish went happy, though admittedly many nerves when he scored Madrid. There was a long final applause, with people setting up and waving flags of Barca. Englishmen they missed throughout the game, the pubs of London. Oh, and another bug: in Doha there is no reproduction Canaletes source, so you do not know where to go to celebrate victories. However, with the millions who is releasing the Qatar Foundation, would not surprise me any day to install one, and even a whole Rambla