tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73186337242011321102024-03-14T05:11:45.035+01:00FC Barcelona 2010Independently covering the race to the presidency of the greatest sports club in the worldpephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1076125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-49866458378557037922010-06-14T00:07:00.009+02:002010-06-14T01:54:49.188+02:0000:00 - 01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVlqBO9g2I/AAAAAAAAXCM/R_8TGVqYinw/s1600/0+0+team+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVlqBO9g2I/AAAAAAAAXCM/R_8TGVqYinw/s400/0+0+team+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482399893953545058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rosell: "I thank my family, my team and the volunteers who helped during the campaign. I thank the people to trust in me. I won't fail. I will never forget I'm just another club member. Visca el Barça i Visca Catalunya!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rosell: "What a long day it has been... First I want to congratulate the club member. The club member has won today. The high turn-out shows that the member wanted to speak out. Today starts a dream for me. I want a Catalan Barça, an open Barça, a solidary Barça."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVdF5cI0HI/AAAAAAAAXB8/ZD-OoFIUXw4/s1600/0+0+team.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVdF5cI0HI/AAAAAAAAXB8/ZD-OoFIUXw4/s400/0+0+team.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482390477293015154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cubells: "We declare Alexandre Rosell i Feliu the winner of the elections and the new president of FC Barcelona."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVYXwsdC1I/AAAAAAAAXBs/ASb7kCvvIkg/s1600/0+rosell+cubells.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVYXwsdC1I/AAAAAAAAXBs/ASb7kCvvIkg/s400/0+rosell+cubells.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482385286625037138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Board secretay Josep Cubells ready to officially announce the results of the vote in the pressroom. Sandro Rosell and his board sitting front-row.</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-22112285013238382642010-06-13T23:02:00.015+02:002010-06-14T00:07:24.333+02:0023:00 - 24:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sandro Rosell will from 1 July on be the 39th president in the history of FC Barcelona. Congratulations to the new president and his board team!<br /><br />Final result: Rosell 61,35%, Benedito 14,09%, Ingla 12,29% and Ferrer 10,80%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVSX1E6F2I/AAAAAAAAXBk/stMXiGyZEVE/s1600/0+pressroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVSX1E6F2I/AAAAAAAAXBk/stMXiGyZEVE/s400/0+pressroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482378690731579234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Image of the press room.<br /><br />Official result (99,17% counted): Rosell 61,4%, Benedito 14,1%, Ingla 12,2% and Ferrer 10,8%.<br /><br />Ferrer: "It seems incredible that we couldn't convince the people to continue with this successful model. My team did a good job, I'm at fault. I'll leave the club satisfied. I've worked a lot, it's time to rest."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVMbVXuI1I/AAAAAAAAXBU/CgBBW7T3lmk/s1600/0+pressroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVMbVXuI1I/AAAAAAAAXBU/CgBBW7T3lmk/s400/0+pressroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482372153870263122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The pressroom waiting for the official announcement of the result.<br /><br />Official result (93,33% counted): Rosell 61,4%, Benedito 14%, Ingla 12,2% and Ferrer 10,8%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVL0hZLVkI/AAAAAAAAXBM/IZMjQ6S5SA8/s1600/0+sandro+rosell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVL0hZLVkI/AAAAAAAAXBM/IZMjQ6S5SA8/s400/0+sandro+rosell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482371487082698306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sandro Rosell waiting for the last results in his lounge at the Camp Nou<br /><br />Official result (88,33% counted): Rosell 61,5%, Benedito 14%, Ingla 12,2% and Ferrer 10,8%.<br /><br />Official result (80,83% counted): Rosell 61,5%, Benedito 14%, Ingla 12,2% and Ferrer 10,8%.</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-2140205503092855082010-06-13T22:43:00.008+02:002010-06-13T23:02:47.157+02:0022:00 - 23:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Official result (54,17% counted): Rosell 61,6%, Benedito 13,8%, Ingla 12,2% and Ferrer 10,9%.<br /><br />Official result (38,33% counted): Rosell 61,2%, Benedito 14%, Ingla 12,4% and Ferrer 11,1%.<br /><br />Official result (28,33% counted): Rosell 61,4%, Benedito 13,9%, Ingla 12,3% and Ferrer 11%.<br /><br />Official result (20% counted): Rosell 61%, Benedito 13,9%, Ingla 12,6% and Ferrer 11,2%.<br /><br />Official result (12,50% counted): Rosell 60,3%, Benedito 14%, Ingla 12,7% and Ferrer 11,4%.<br /><br />Official result (5,83% counted): Rosell 59,7%, Benedito 14,4%, Ingla 12,9% and Ferrer 11,3%.<br /><br />Official result (2,50% counted): Rosell 59,8%, Benedito 14,7%, Ingla 13,6% and Ferrer 10,3%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVAQm0iOdI/AAAAAAAAXBE/XQoTbJs-Kcw/s1600/0+junta+rosell+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVAQm0iOdI/AAAAAAAAXBE/XQoTbJs-Kcw/s400/0+junta+rosell+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482358775436425682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rosell: "I don't yet want to react, it's still too early. I'm happy with the turn-out."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVAQKeNWhI/AAAAAAAAXA8/j59ulyV8Z8M/s1600/0+junta+rosell+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBVAQKeNWhI/AAAAAAAAXA8/j59ulyV8Z8M/s400/0+junta+rosell+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482358767826590226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sandro Rosell and his board team posing at the Camp Nou.<br /><br />Official result (2 of 120 tables counted): Rosell 60,2%, Ingla 15%, Benedito 14,2% and Ferrer 9,2%.</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-4584301331600267432010-06-13T21:02:00.019+02:002010-06-13T22:43:40.368+02:0021:00 - 22:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBU9jXI_w2I/AAAAAAAAXA0/pgL5ly0pnDk/s1600/0+marc+ingla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBU9jXI_w2I/AAAAAAAAXA0/pgL5ly0pnDk/s400/0+marc+ingla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482355799109911394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ingla: "First we should congratulate Sandro and his team. We have to accept the result. Maybe we decided a bit too late to run."<br /><br />Ferrer: "We're very disappointed. We congratulate Sandro Rosell and wish him the best. I also thank all voters who came to vote."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBU5L1anjmI/AAAAAAAAXAs/lDyT4cKPgIQ/s1600/0+laporta+benedito.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBU5L1anjmI/AAAAAAAAXAs/lDyT4cKPgIQ/s400/0+laporta+benedito.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482350996873514594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Benedito: "We have a new president, I have congratulated him and I hope he does well. In one week we have achieved a lot. We'll see what the future will bring. It was good to see Laporta came to congratulate me, I didn't see him for a while."<br /><br />Sandro Rosell has left the Camp Nou and is heading to his headquarters in the centre of Barcelona.<br /><br />Jaume Ferrer: "The result is clear. We should analyze in the coming days what has happened."<br /><br />Joan Laporta: "It's always good to have a large support of the members, it's important. I hope they will continue on the same way so we can stay the best club in the world. Since the results aren't yet official, it's nevertheless still too early for "<br /><br />Josep Maria Bartomeu (candidacy Sandro Rosell): "We will wait until the official results. We thank everyone who has come out to vote."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUtPzZWMgI/AAAAAAAAXAc/j9KLHPQTMuY/s1600/0+sandro+rosell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUtPzZWMgI/AAAAAAAAXAc/j9KLHPQTMuY/s400/0+sandro+rosell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482337870911255042" border="0" /></a>Exit poll TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio: </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rosell 62.2%, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Benedito 14.7%, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ingla 12% </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and Ferrer 9.9%</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-24286877646434218822010-06-13T20:01:00.006+02:002010-06-13T20:36:01.889+02:0020:00 - 21:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUkVzl3IQI/AAAAAAAAXAU/fc2d57tMl1o/s1600/0+marc+ingla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUkVzl3IQI/AAAAAAAAXAU/fc2d57tMl1o/s400/0+marc+ingla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482328078438310146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marc Ingla accompanied his wife and former director Claudia Vives-Fierro when she cast her vote this afternoon.<br /><br />Press conference Josep Cubells (board secretary) and Joan Oliver (chief executive): "This is a record number of voters. We hope to announce the final result at 11 pm tonight."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At 20 pm, 52.953 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption degree of 44,62%. In 2003, there were 46.812 people, which was 49,62%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUfFrruPDI/AAAAAAAAW_s/IzD4zxzfEFc/s1600/0+guardiola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUfFrruPDI/AAAAAAAAW_s/IzD4zxzfEFc/s400/0+guardiola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482322303879363634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">People shouting "president, president!" when Guardiola casts his vote. The coach doesn't make any statement.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUdbEFh4pI/AAAAAAAAW_k/xGuJ35SZZ1o/s1600/0+guardiola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUdbEFh4pI/AAAAAAAAW_k/xGuJ35SZZ1o/s400/0+guardiola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482320472184054418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola has cast his vote. </span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUi9XDODwI/AAAAAAAAW_0/EtlgkCgD4Lo/s1600/0+voter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUi9XDODwI/AAAAAAAAW_0/EtlgkCgD4Lo/s400/0+voter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482326558948331266" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-52778328869842285502010-06-13T19:06:00.012+02:002010-06-13T20:01:22.132+02:0019:00 - 20:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It is confirmed that Marc Ingla, Jaume Ferrer and Agustí Benedito last night had a dinner trying to form a united candidacy. A deal wasn't possible because they couldn't find an agreement about who should lead the candidacy.<br /><br />Txiki Begiristain (sports director): "I'm here as just another member. My future? At this moment, I have a contract until 30 June. I want to continue but things will depend on the new president. And if you want to excuse me now, I have work to do and should go and watch Barça Atlètic."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Javier Bordas (candidacy Sandro Rosell): "We will wait for the results together with the whole team at the Camp Nou."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUUGdtNsgI/AAAAAAAAW_c/GIXuXhQhgoA/s1600/0+waiting+for+guardiola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUUGdtNsgI/AAAAAAAAW_c/GIXuXhQhgoA/s400/0+waiting+for+guardiola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482310222679486978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The media and fans are waiting for the arrival of Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUS8wfVJYI/AAAAAAAAW_U/JNZeZcSw_os/s1600/0+sandro+rosell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUS8wfVJYI/AAAAAAAAW_U/JNZeZcSw_os/s400/0+sandro+rosell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482308956411209090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sandro Rosell posing with fans outside the stadium.<br /><br />Ramon Estebe (candidacy Jaume Ferrer): "Jaume has gotten a lot of support from the fans today. The turn-out is a triumph for the club. I'm serene but also tired, it has been a long campaign."<br /><br />Reyna: "It's important that all members come out and vote. The more voters, the better for the club. I think the atmosphere is calm and optimistic. The campaign? I think we could have avoided some things but it could have been worse too, so let's say the campaign was ok."<br /><br />Former president Enric Reyna (2003) has cast his vote.<br /><br />At 7 pm, 47.716 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption rate of 40,21%. In 2003, there were 40.445 voters, which was 42,87%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUQKVsn6RI/AAAAAAAAW_M/uoGalby3d98/s1600/0+vote.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUQKVsn6RI/AAAAAAAAW_M/uoGalby3d98/s400/0+vote.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482305891202492690" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-10981934646371855002010-06-13T18:01:00.014+02:002010-06-13T19:02:19.197+02:0018:00 - 19:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUOSHbOPJI/AAAAAAAAW-8/ILPohRgRo88/s1600/0+maragall+ingla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUOSHbOPJI/AAAAAAAAW-8/ILPohRgRo88/s400/0+maragall+ingla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482303825787108498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Two former Catalan presidents have voted this afternoon: Josep Pujol (1980-2003) was accompanied by Sandro Rosell, while Pasqual Maragall (2003-2006) was accompanied by Marc Ingla.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Xavier Sala i Martin (treasurer): "I think everything is going well. I have nothing to say about the campaign, the members are voting now and that's it. I'm coming here to vote and later to assist the game of Barcelona Atlètic."<br /><br />Nunez: "This is an important day for the club. I think it was a good campaign. What I expect from the next president? First I should know who the next president is."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUPBMcbXoI/AAAAAAAAW_E/THK3VXjbnp8/s1600/0+nunez.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUPBMcbXoI/AAAAAAAAW_E/THK3VXjbnp8/s400/0+nunez.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482304634588192386" /></a>Former Barcelona president Josep Lluis Nunez (1978-2000) has cast his vote.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUKAYt05JI/AAAAAAAAW-s/1dDqs4ztWQo/s1600/0+agusti+benedito.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUKAYt05JI/AAAAAAAAW-s/1dDqs4ztWQo/s400/0+agusti+benedito.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482299123144385682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Agusti Benedito posing with Barcelona fans in the surroundings of the Camp Nou.<br /><br />Marc Ingla: "This day is passing very quickly. I'm walking around the whole time, greeting fans and it's all very emotional. We have good feelings, it's clear the undecided voters have come out to vote. We have to congratulate the club for the organization. A little bad point were the Boixos Nois hooligans insulting people and cheering in favour of a candidate."<br /><br />Marc Carrasco (candidacy Agustí Benedito): "The turn-out is great and shows how unique this club is. The people react well to Agusti and shows that we have done a good job."<br /><br />80% from the voters until now are from the province of Barcelona, 11% from the rest of Catalonia, 5% from the rest of Spain and 4% come from abroad.<br /><br />Manel Arroyo (candidacy Sandro Rosell): "It was a nice campaign, with a lot of contact with the fans. The energy you receive from the people makes you go on."<br /><br />At 6 pm, 42.325 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption rate of 35.67%. In 2003, there were 35.165 voters, which was 37.27%.<br /><br />Benedito: "I'm receiving a lot of support of the fans. I think they are aware that these elections are important for the future of the club. I think we're doing well, let's see if that will be confirmed later." </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUBCTcKB-I/AAAAAAAAW-c/etv9ltPKg0o/s1600/0+japanese+kid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBUBCTcKB-I/AAAAAAAAW-c/etv9ltPKg0o/s400/0+japanese+kid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482289260483184610" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-47887434950546824042010-06-13T17:13:00.009+02:002010-06-13T17:57:14.364+02:0017:00 - 18:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Joan Boix (candidacy Jaume Ferrer): "We're very happy with the turn-out, seems we're gonna have a record number of voters, which is good for the legitimacy of the new president."<br /><br />Albert Perrin (candidacy Jaume Ferrer): "The turn-out is very high, a little surprising but very good for the club. We're realistic but working for Jaume being the next president. I think there has been quite a lot of manipulations during the campaign, but that's how it is, we should look forward. This is democracy."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBT8olmwM6I/AAAAAAAAW-U/IYbYcSFinR0/s1600/0+marc+ingla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBT8olmwM6I/AAAAAAAAW-U/IYbYcSFinR0/s400/0+marc+ingla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482284420636357538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marc Ingla giving an interview at the Camp Nou.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola is expected to vote at 8 pm.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Victor Munoz (former player and coach): "I decided my vote on my personal contacts."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBT4RpRYi-I/AAAAAAAAW-M/W56Skcl3jog/s1600/0+cubells+oliver.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBT4RpRYi-I/AAAAAAAAW-M/W56Skcl3jog/s400/0+cubells+oliver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482279628436966370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Press conference Josep Cubells (board secretary) and Joan Oliver (chief executive): "We received one formal complaint by Jaume Ferrer and we quickly solved the matter, as we did with other problems we were informed about."<br /><br />At 5 pm, 37.801 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption rate of 31,85%. In 2003, there were 31.352 voters, which was 33,23%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBT2ZS9rKNI/AAAAAAAAW-E/THbJ8AOKXqE/s1600/0+voters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBT2ZS9rKNI/AAAAAAAAW-E/THbJ8AOKXqE/s400/0+voters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482277560864418002" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-80490951447633405532010-06-13T16:05:00.009+02:002010-06-13T16:56:34.182+02:0016:00 - 17:00<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Albert Vicens (candidacy Marc Ingla): "This is a great moment for the club. Marc is still in and around the stadium, greeting the members and giving interviews. How more members are coming to vote, how greater this club us. The club has done a good job in attracting the members and their families to come to the Camp Nou."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTusFyMfDI/AAAAAAAAW98/paal-Rct8Vg/s1600/0+table.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTusFyMfDI/AAAAAAAAW98/paal-Rct8Vg/s400/0+table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482269087651101746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There are 120 electoral tables were people can go and cast their vote. The tables are ranked according to the name of the voters, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in alphabetical order</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTtn9Z9AYI/AAAAAAAAW90/2rjdyKRLVeE/s1600/0+tour+camp+nou.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTtn9Z9AYI/AAAAAAAAW90/2rjdyKRLVeE/s400/0+tour+camp+nou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482267917170835842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The stadium is open and the fans can walk around the pitch.<br /><br />Lluís Bassat (runner-up in 2000 and 2003): "I'm very happy to have the chance to vote, this is what makes this club special. The campaign was quite short, but well-disputed. There were a lot of undecided voters, but in the end they won't change the result."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTpmNqmlXI/AAAAAAAAW9s/8DinB0BUSYQ/s1600/0+marc+inla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTpmNqmlXI/AAAAAAAAW9s/8DinB0BUSYQ/s400/0+marc+inla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482263489129387378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marc Ingla and his team had a lunch in the Camp Nou.<br /><br />At 3 pm, 34.524 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption rate of 29,09%. In 2003, there were 29.009 voters, which was 30,75%.<br /><br />Montal: "I've voted for who can be the best president after Joan Laporta. Whoever will be the new president, I hope he will have a lot of success."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Former Barcelona president Agustí Montal (1969-1977) has cast his vote.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTlslSyGjI/AAAAAAAAW9k/j5bWEgCEW0s/s1600/0+basket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTlslSyGjI/AAAAAAAAW9k/j5bWEgCEW0s/s400/0+basket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482259200504633906" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-42955240610863011472010-06-13T15:02:00.007+02:002010-06-13T16:30:08.227+02:0015:00 - 16:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTj0bfELKI/AAAAAAAAW9c/GvW-aXxGP1E/s1600/0+voter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTj0bfELKI/AAAAAAAAW9c/GvW-aXxGP1E/s400/0+voter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482257136287493282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A lot of children are accompanying their parents when they come to the Camp Nou to vote.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTgO3YdC7I/AAAAAAAAW9U/wBE0SR0IcQc/s1600/0+joan+oliver.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTgO3YdC7I/AAAAAAAAW9U/wBE0SR0IcQc/s400/0+joan+oliver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482253192406043570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona chief executive Joan Oliver was one of the first to vote after the elections started at 9 am this morning.<br /><br />Barcelona presidential candidate Agustí Benedito has complained that at some places the papers with his name have disappeared. Barcelona presidential candidate Jaume Ferrer has complained that at some places the papers with his name were covered by papers with the name of Sandro Rosell."<br /><br />78% of the people who are able to vote are male, 22% are female.<br /><br />At 3 pm, 32.495 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption rate of 27,38%. In 2003, there were 27.671 voters, which was 29,33%.</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-68051924349542600222010-06-13T14:04:00.007+02:002010-06-13T15:02:30.507+02:0014:00 - 15:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTWpp6DhBI/AAAAAAAAW9M/SfpQqved6E4/s1600/0+dressing+room.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTWpp6DhBI/AAAAAAAAW9M/SfpQqved6E4/s400/0+dressing+room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482242657529070610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The fans can today get a free tour in the stadium, which includes a visit to the dressing-room of the first team.<br /><br />Jordi Moix (candidacy Sandro Rosell): "I'll vote this afternoon, together with my wife. There's a big turn-out, which is very good for the club. It's a special day for all of us."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTR9z8S8iI/AAAAAAAAW9E/XlnqX7MuaoU/s1600/0+paper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTR9z8S8iI/AAAAAAAAW9E/XlnqX7MuaoU/s400/0+paper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482237506262069794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Time for dinner is arriving in Barcelona.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Former president Josep Lluís Núñez is expected to vote around 6 pm.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTQBChWWLI/AAAAAAAAW88/iZUhSDXSQB0/s1600/0+oliver+cubells.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTQBChWWLI/AAAAAAAAW88/iZUhSDXSQB0/s400/0+oliver+cubells.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482235362691930290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Press conference Josep Cubells (board secretary) and Joan Oliver (chief executive): "We didn't receive any formal complaints but there have been some possible problems, so we have strengthened some security measures. Besides that, it's very probable there will be a record number of voters."<br /><br />At 14 pm, 28.938 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption degree of 24,39%. In 2003, there were 24.513 people, which was 25,98%.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTJWUYg7hI/AAAAAAAAW80/EU6FhDVAP0Q/s1600/0+voters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTJWUYg7hI/AAAAAAAAW80/EU6FhDVAP0Q/s400/0+voters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482228031682571794" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-30670003715415997632010-06-13T13:02:00.010+02:002010-06-13T13:59:58.240+02:0013:00 - 14:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTHurXLmsI/AAAAAAAAW8s/0amlen-7HSo/s1600/0+voters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTHurXLmsI/AAAAAAAAW8s/0amlen-7HSo/s400/0+voters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482226251144600258" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">To convince people to come to the Camp Nou and vote, the club has organized all kind of free activities in and around the stadium. The fans can for example visit the team bus.<br /><br />Jacint Borras (board member): "I'm on my way to the vote. I'll vote for Jaume Ferrer. He would be a great president for Barça, keeping the model but changing the style." </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTATHnRXKI/AAAAAAAAW8k/G3T52YAiJLE/s1600/0+sandro+rosell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTATHnRXKI/AAAAAAAAW8k/G3T52YAiJLE/s400/0+sandro+rosell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482218081110547618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">... and put it in an envelop</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTAS6JMUZI/AAAAAAAAW8c/ncNwdn58ydQ/s1600/0+papers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBTAS6JMUZI/AAAAAAAAW8c/ncNwdn58ydQ/s400/0+papers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482218077494727058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Voters need to pick the paper with the name of their favourite candidate...<br /><br />Josep Ribas (candidacy Jaume Ferrer): "It has been an interesting, animated campaign. It was all new to me. Today is a day of nerves."<br /><br />At 13 pm, 21.570 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption degree of 18,8%. In 2003, there were 18.799 people, which was 19,93%.<br /><br />Carles Rexach (former player and coach): "There are a lot of people, which is good. I support Rosell but I feel there are a lot of undecided voters. Let's hope the winner has a big lead, that would be good for the club."<br /><br />Javier Faus (candidacy Sandro Rosell): "Sandro is a friend, we have been working for years together, so this is a special day. Sandro is tired, after a long campaign, but he is confident about winning."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS8HsmaZ8I/AAAAAAAAW8M/s0er5KzwTb8/s1600/0+barcelona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS8HsmaZ8I/AAAAAAAAW8M/s0er5KzwTb8/s400/0+barcelona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482213486834116546" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-85132338637410625802010-06-13T12:01:00.016+02:002010-06-13T13:12:44.351+02:0012:00 - 13:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Josep Maria Bartomeu (candidacy Sandro Rosell): "I'm happy with the turn-out. We don't have any polls, we'll wait."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS5mrAnTxI/AAAAAAAAW78/uymsslp_wSY/s1600/0+joan+laporta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS5mrAnTxI/AAAAAAAAW78/uymsslp_wSY/s400/0+joan+laporta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482210720448204562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona president Joan Laporta surrounded by people when doing a walk around the stadium.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS9Dgzg7BI/AAAAAAAAW8U/x02WEnK39K8/s1600/0+joan+gaspart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS9Dgzg7BI/AAAAAAAAW8U/x02WEnK39K8/s400/0+joan+gaspart.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482214514459995154" /></a>Former Barcelona president Joan Gaspart (2000-2003) has voted.</span><br /><br /><object width="420" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VnSFydty0CM&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VnSFydty0CM&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="280"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona presidential candidate Jaume Ferrer voting earlier today.</span><br /><br /><object width="420" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-dXrygIeT5w&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-dXrygIeT5w&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="280"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona presidential candidate Sandro Rosell voting earlier today.</span><br /><br /><object width="420" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/StzaEz_DO2Q&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/StzaEz_DO2Q&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="280"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona president Joan Laporta voting earlier today.<br /><br />Agustí Benedito: "We hope to cause some upset. Or some joy, depends how you look at it. What is clear is that if Sandro Rosell doesn't win, we will."<br /><br />Josep Cubells (board secretary): "I didn't yet vote, I'm controlling everything what is happening. There are very few problems. I will vote later today when there are fewer people."<br /><br />Josep Maria Minguella (candidate in 2003, this year part of the pre-candidacy of Santiago Salvat): "I think there are a lot of undecided voters. Many people asked me who to vote for."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ingla: "I'm confident but one has to be modest. It's a tight game and the final outcome is unsure. The members have the last word." </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At 12 pm, 12.937 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption degree of 10,90%. The total number is higher than in 2003, the percentage is lower (more than 13% in 2003).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oriol Bueno (candidacy Agustí Benedito): "This is a great day for the club, we have the hope to be elected today."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS0xGdxLNI/AAAAAAAAW70/TcUhaEpWBro/s1600/0+voters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS0xGdxLNI/AAAAAAAAW70/TcUhaEpWBro/s400/0+voters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482205402058796242" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-49425760672699756882010-06-13T11:00:00.021+02:002010-06-13T13:06:53.680+02:0011:00 - 12:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rafael Yuste (sports vice-president): "It's a great day for the club. I hope Jaume wins and that this model can continue."<br /><br />All four candidates have now cast their vote.<br /><br />Ingla was accompanied by key members of his team, in the first place Ferran Soriano, Albert Vicens and Alfons Godall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS7rzq9HuI/AAAAAAAAW8E/jS9tQuTk04g/s1600/0+marc+ingla.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBS7rzq9HuI/AAAAAAAAW8E/jS9tQuTk04g/s400/0+marc+ingla.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482213007695879906" /></a>Marc Ingla casts his vote at 11:44.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />[twitter has some problems so the photo stream is a bit interrumpted. sorry for that.]</span><br /><br />The club members could get two free tickets for tonight's game Barcelona Atlètic-Sant Andreu at the Miniestadi. The club informs that there aren't any tickets left.<br /><br />Benedito: "I'm sure Sandro Rosell won't win because the favorite never wins."<br /><br />At 11 am, 6.171 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption degree of 5,20%. This percentage is a record, higher than in 2003 (4,46%) and 2000 (4,46%).<br /><br />Press conference Josep Cubells (board secretary) and Joan Oliver (chief executive): "Apart from some little things, everything is going normally."<br /><br />Ferran Soriano: "Marc is calm. It has been a complicated campaign, but we can't change anything now. We're waiting the result now and we'll accept it."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSiBKGN0bI/AAAAAAAAW7U/-rE-Z1iHdFo/s1600/0+marc+ingla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSiBKGN0bI/AAAAAAAAW7U/-rE-Z1iHdFo/s400/0+marc+ingla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482184787190731186" border="0" /></a>Marc Ingla at the Camp Nou.<br /><br />Benedito: "Over the last days, we've received a lot of support and I'm convinced I will be president."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSyowRYR_I/AAAAAAAAW7s/wNInBokUJSY/s1600/0+agusti+benedito.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSyowRYR_I/AAAAAAAAW7s/wNInBokUJSY/s400/0+agusti+benedito.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482203059639044082" /></a>Benedito: "I'm very happy. The elections are a key moment in the life of a club member."<br /><br />Agustí Benedito has casted his vote at 11:04.<br /><br />Laporta: "It's an emotional day. I feel as if I'm finishing a job well-done. I think we're leaving the club when it's at a peak, the best club in the world, a world-wide reference."<br /><br />Laporta being interviewed at Barça TV.</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-61056632148255164972010-06-13T10:00:00.027+02:002010-06-13T11:20:59.719+02:0010:00 - 11:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ferrer: "I thank president Laporta for his support. He thinks I'm the best guarantee for this model to continue."<br /><br />Ferrer: "I'm very happy, it's a nice day. I thank all the members who are coming to vote."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSi5R8_Q9I/AAAAAAAAW7k/DP7N6mw1wtU/s1600/0+jaume+ferrer+barcelona.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSi5R8_Q9I/AAAAAAAAW7k/DP7N6mw1wtU/s400/0+jaume+ferrer+barcelona.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482185751372186578" /></a>Jaume Ferrer has casted his vote at 10:52. Some people shouting "Jaume president."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSciBd5lgI/AAAAAAAAW7M/eSO2JfzTNpo/s1600/0+sandro+rosell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSciBd5lgI/AAAAAAAAW7M/eSO2JfzTNpo/s400/0+sandro+rosell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482178754740065794" /></a>Rosell: "I hope from tomorrow on, we're all united. We don't want to divide."<br /><br />Rosell: "We should be very careful until the vote ends, we won't make any statements. We'll see this evening."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSZIkkNjTI/AAAAAAAAW7E/x5uwlTTP8FU/s1600/0+ingla+soriano+miro+font.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSZIkkNjTI/AAAAAAAAW7E/x5uwlTTP8FU/s400/0+ingla+soriano+miro+font.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482175018950298930" /></a>Marc Ingla and Ferran Soriano outside the Camp Nou, together with members of their candidacy (Carmé Miró and Victor Font).<br /><br />Rosell has casted his vote at 10:29, toghether with his wife and his parents. After his vote, a few people shouted "Sandro president!"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSXfI4Hm8I/AAAAAAAAW68/RwW5QntT0fI/s1600/0+sandro+rosell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSXfI4Hm8I/AAAAAAAAW68/RwW5QntT0fI/s400/0+sandro+rosell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482173207631338434" border="0" /></a>Godall: "The four key members of our candicay - Marc, Ferran, Albert and myself - will vote together."<br /><br />The press waiting for Rosell are cheering because he's already more than 20 minutes too late.<br /><br />Ferrer: "I'm calm and happy. It's a special day for the club and I hope that a lot of people will vote. I see that everything is well-organized and things are going as they should."<br /><br />Jaume Ferrer will cast his vote in 15 minutes, at 10:30 am.<br /><br />Agustí Benedito announces that he will vote around 11 am.<br /><br />At 10 am, 2.487 people had already cast their vote, which is a particaption degree of 2,10%. In 2003, there were 2.947 voters at 10 am.<br /><br />Ingla: "I will vote between 11 am and 12 pm. Will I win? It's up to the members to decide that. At this moment I'm a candidate."<br /><br />Jaume Ferrer is also inside the stadium to cast his vote. Ferrer is waiting for his wife to arrive so they can vote together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSQWAxcHBI/AAAAAAAAW6k/NJJys_0fWX4/s1600/0+rosell+waiting+for.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSQWAxcHBI/AAAAAAAAW6k/NJJys_0fWX4/s400/0+rosell+waiting+for.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482165354255621138" border="0" /></a>The media are waiting for Sandro Rosell, who is expected to cast his vote at 10 pm.</span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-76678972928174063922010-06-13T09:03:00.018+02:002010-06-13T10:00:17.565+02:009:00 -10:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ingla: "I feel there's a good atmosphere, let's hope that there's a high turn-out."<br /><br />Ingla: "I see it's not raining. That's today's first prediction that appears to be wrong."<br /><br />Marc Ingla arrives at the stadium to vote.<br /><br />Laporta: "We've managed for Barça to be the number one club in the world. We've done that with a straight attitude and as we said we have dedicated the best years of our lives to the club. We wanted a Catalan, solidary and universal Barça and I think we have achieved that."<br /><br />Laporta: "I ask the members to go and vote today. I'm sure we'll have model elections and that the member will take part and enjoys this day."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSM0QO1aLI/AAAAAAAAW6c/6GCy47Yf1RE/s1600/0+joan+laporta+vote.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSM0QO1aLI/AAAAAAAAW6c/6GCy47Yf1RE/s400/0+joan+laporta+vote.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482161475755010226" border="0" /></a>Laporta: "I will leave the club as a satisfied and happy man because I think that my mission has been accomplished."<br /><br />At 9:28, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has casted his vote.<br /><br />First reports say that already one hour before the vote, people were approaching the stadium. At this moment, there are already large waiting lines.<br /><br />Jaume Ferrer has arrived at the stadium. He's nevertheless only expected to vote around 10:30.<br /><br />The new president will be the 39th president in the history of the club<br /><br />The four names that are on the ballot paper today are: Agustí Benedito, Jaume Ferrer, Marc Ingla and Jaume Ferrer.<br /><br />It is expected that around 50.000 members will come to the Camp Nou to vote, which could be more or less the same as in 2003, when 51.618 voted for Joan Laporta as the new president.<br /><br />118.662 club members have the right to chose the president, which is 24.000 more than in the last elections in 2003.<br /><br />The vote has started at 9 am at the Camp Nou. We'll cover the events until we know who will be the next president of FC Barcelona.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSGWjpVogI/AAAAAAAAW6U/Zlfh27q4E2A/s1600/0+camp+nou.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBSGWjpVogI/AAAAAAAAW6U/Zlfh27q4E2A/s400/0+camp+nou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482154368500605442" border="0" /></a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-70480714094455478842010-06-12T23:08:00.000+02:002010-06-14T01:36:19.489+02:00Poll result: Who do you (not) want to be president?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBQOKBaHTDI/AAAAAAAAW6M/v195zb-uAk0/s1600/0+candidates+ferrer+rosell+ingla+benedito+barcelona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBQOKBaHTDI/AAAAAAAAW6M/v195zb-uAk0/s400/0+candidates+ferrer+rosell+ingla+benedito+barcelona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482022211756182578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >This is the final result (in percentages) of this blog's <span style="font-style: italic;">Who would you vote for in the elections for president of FC Barcelona?</span> poll that was held one day before the elections:</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Sandro Rosell 35,9<br />Marc Ingla 25,6<br />Agustí Benedito 20,5<br />Jaume Ferrer 14,6<br />Don't know/Don't answer 3,4<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is the final result (in percentages) of this blog's </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Who do you NOT want to be the next president of FC Barcelona?</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> poll that was held one day before the elections:</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sandro Rosell 61,9</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marc Ingla 12,4</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Agustí Benedito 11,9</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jaume Ferrer 9,4</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Don't know/Don't answer 4,5</span></div>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-84174404730814254992010-06-12T10:43:00.006+02:002010-06-12T11:07:12.600+02:00Polls: Who do you (not) want to be president?<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">(second poll below!)</span><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/3335444.js"></script><br /><noscript><br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/3335444/">Who would you vote for in the elections for president of FC Barcelona?</a><span style="font-size:9px;"><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">Market Research</a></span><br /></noscript><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/3335435.js"></script><br /><noscript><br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/3335435/">Who do you NOT want to be the next president of FC Barcelona?</a><span style="font-size:9px;"><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</a></span><br /></noscript>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-12962707776335766582010-06-11T21:53:00.021+02:002010-06-12T00:40:46.004+02:00Live Coverage: Fourth presidential debate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBKXGwfdkCI/AAAAAAAAW6E/tC6b-ZfpJFA/s1600/0+debate+tv3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBKXGwfdkCI/AAAAAAAAW6E/tC6b-ZfpJFA/s400/0+debate+tv3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481609838815186978" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Barcelona presidential candidates Agustí Benedito, Jaume Ferrer, Marc Ingla and Sandro Rosell hold the foourth and last presidential debate on Catalan television channel TV3. Re-fresh!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The presidency of Laporta</span><br /><br />Benedito: "Laporta is the president of the best Barça in history. He changed the club at a crucial moment. The problem is that he later forget about the original project."<br /><br />Ferrer: "Like Guardiola, I would say thanks to the president for those seven years. During this presidency we changed the club. We won a record number of trophies. Economically we've recovered. We have more members and fan clubs than ever."<br /><br />Ingla: "I also want to say thanks to the president. Another thing I want to point out is the fight against the hooligans. At the end, he made overexposed himself a bit."<br /><br />Rosell: "The first big decision was to keep the violent people out of the stadium. The second was to put unicef on the shirt, I want to congratulate the coach for that. And thirdly, the appointment of Guardiola. Not good were the political involvement and the link with the members. Economically there are too much expenses."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sports area</span><br /><br />Ferrer: "What is working, shouldn't be touched. We will continue with the same playing style and the same people. We'll put even more emphasis on the youth academy and the other sections."<br /><br />Ingla: "We want to continue. We also want to keep Txiki, one of the architects of this model, like Rijkaard and Cruyff. If Txiki wouldn't continue, Txiki and Guardiola will help to decide on his successor. We should have youth academies abroad."<br /><br />Rosell: "This is the model we've started in 2003, so we'll keep the same model. Since Txiki has already said he won't stay, we will appoint somebody else. We will offer Guardiola a contract of 6 years, that will be renewable each year. We will close deals with foreign clubs."<br /><br />Benedito: "We all share this model, but the model isn't linked with people."<br /><br />Ferrer: "Txiki didn't say he will stop. I talked with him and I'm convinced he will want to continue."<br /><br />Rosell: "If Txiki wants to continue, we'll talk with him and give him the chance to explain himself, we'll explain him our project and if Guardiola als wants it, he'll continue."<br /><br />Ingla: "Sandro has a youth academy in Qatar and that could cause conflicts of interests."<br /><br />Rosell: "It's just a solidary project. And I will sell my company."<br /><br />Ingla: "We have been contacted by Rooney and two, three other players but we passed the information to Txiki."<br /><br />Ferrer+Rosell+Benedito: "The people from the sports departmen should decide on the transfers, we can only put financial limits."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Economic area</span><br /><br />Ingla: "We're far better than in 2003. Unicef is a good decision. Foster, We won't execute it."<br /><br />Rosell: "We will reduce the expenses, so we can keep on growing."<br /><br />Benedito: "We should make profit. We should not be forced to sell assets if we want to invest."<br /><br />Ferrer: "The economic situation of the club is very good. In 2003, we lost money. Now we're making profits."<br /><br />Rosell: "Unicef will continue, Foster won't be executed but we will profoundly remodel the stadium."<br /><br />Benedito: "If we will be elected, we will stop the reclassification of the miniestadi site."<br /><br />Ingla: "The times of the games can't be changed, the televisions won't accept it."<br /><br />Ferrer: "It's populist Rosell wants to play at 5pm, the television rights will drop by 50%."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Social area</span><br /><br />Rosell: "I've talked with a lot of members and want to give them again the feeling that they the owners of the club."<br /><br />Benedito: "We want to make the members feel represented. Rosell is the reprensentative of the elite."<br /><br />Ferrer: "we want to keep the people happy by winning, that's the first thing. We want the most Catalan and the most global Barça in history. The foundation should also continue with the international agreements."<br /><br />Ingla: "We want to give more comfort to the members when coming to the stadium. We want to help the members who have financial problems. We don't want to exclude anyone."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final statement</span><br /><br />Benedito: "We'll the candidacy of the people. No one expected we would arrive here and we will fight until the end."<br /><br />Ferrer: "The continuity of the best Barça in history is in play."<br /><br />Ingla: "We shouldn't change the model of the club. Our candidacy has the most experience, we're the guarantee of this model."<br /><br />Rosell: "We know what the member wants, everything what he wants is in our program. We won't fail."</div>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-60549036031760286122010-06-11T19:38:00.001+02:002010-06-12T23:28:57.039+02:00Rosell company involved in Brazilian investigation<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/S__Kdtvi5dI/AAAAAAAAWwU/qezlZTyRfHo/s1600/0+brazil+portugal+noviembre+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476318283749844434" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/S__Kdtvi5dI/AAAAAAAAWwU/qezlZTyRfHo/s400/0+brazil+portugal+noviembre+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> On 19 November 2008, the Brazilian national team plays a friendly game against Portugal to inaugurate the remodelled Walmir Campelo Bezerra stadium, usually known as Bezerrão, in the federal district of Brasília.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The match is organized by Ailanto, a Brazilian company of current Barcelona presidential candidate Sandro Rosell, that bought the rights for the friendly game from Catalan sports marketing company Bonus Sports Marketing (BSM), that is also owned by Rosell.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">BSM had earlier bought the rights of the Brazilian team from International Sports Events (ISE), a company that is located on the Cayman Islands and that owns the rights of the friendly games of the Brazilian national team.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> In March 2009, regional Brazilian radio station CBN Brasília reports that there's an investigation of the public prosecutor ongoing regarding the contract for the organization of the friendly between the governement of Brasilia and Ailanto.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The press reports say that the radio claims that Ailanto is an apparent ghost company that wouldn't even have an own phone and that Rosell, who is said to be linked with ISE, is an intimate friend of Ricardo Teixeira, the president of the Brazilian football federation who in the past has already been linked to similar irregularities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As a consecuence of the media reports, Paulo Tadeu, a member of the regional parlement, asks for more information about the case which leads to a report by the Court of Audit. In July 2009, five public prosecutors issue a "public civil action of responsibility for an act of administrative misconduct" against governor José Roberto Arruda, secretary of sports Agnaldo Silva de Oliveira and Ailanto.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3.</span> The public prosecutor basically points out that the correct procedures regarding the awarding and the executing of the contract - that was closed only one week before the game while the event couldn't be organized in such a short time according to the prosecutor - have not been followed. For example, several documents have not been presented in due time or were incomplete, and the governor personally gave the order for some payments. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Regarding the fee that was paid by the governement to Ailanto for the rights on the game and the organization, the public prosecutor says that the price of around 4,1 million euros is too high, using the word "absurd", that the fee is not properly explained and that the government also paid some costs that according to the contracts should have been paid by Ailanto.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The public prosecutor claims that Ailanto, that is described as a company ad hoc, "acted with a fraudulent intention and clearly in bad faith" and concludes by asking the judge for further investigations and to condemn all three parties involved.<br /><br />As for Ailanto, the public prosecutor asks, among other things, to condemn the company to pay back the entire fee (together with the two others) and to exclude the company of doing business or getting any financial support from the government for the coming three years.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4.</span> In September of last year, the lawyers of Ailanto put down their reply to the acusations of the public prosecutor. Ailanto basically claims that the public prosecutor made a mistake regarding the procedure that had to be followed for the awarding of the contract so that the accusation at that point is invalid.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Regarding the fee that was paid, Ailanto denies that it would be too high and explains how it has come to the final price. The secretary of sports also puts down his declaration while the governor was called up to testify at the end of March of this year.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Nevertheless, in November 2009, the local police launches the 'Box of Pandora' operation in Brasília, targetting a wide-spread network of government corruption, involving governor José Roberto Arruda, who is arrested and put in prison last February. In April, Arruda is released on bail. The now ex-governor still has to testify in the 'Brazil vs Portugal' case.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. </span>After some rumours about the case were spreading on the internet, former Barcelona press officer Jordi Badia starts a series on the matter on his blog on Friday 21 May. In several episodes, Badia explains the case in detail, adding links to press reports and official documents.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The news is picked up by the mainstream media on Tuesday 25 May after Rosell announces that he will file a lawsuit against Barcelona presidential candidate Marc Ingla, who had suggested in an interview that a company of Rosell had been "accused" in Brazil (read more </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/rosell-to-file-lawsuit-against-ingla.html">here</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rosell has been reluctant to talk about the matter and his candidacy did not put out any press release regarding the case. The defense of Rosell and people from his team is that Ailanto is not involved in any judicial case, that the public prosecutor is only investigating the corruption scandal linked to the governor and that his company in that regard has been asked to give information, like hundreds of other companies.<br /><br />Last Friday, Ingla presented a note from a Brazilian law firm that says that Ailanto is being judicially investigated in a case of possible fraud. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Read more:</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/rosell-to-file-lawsuit-against-ingla.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Rosell to file lawsuit against Ingla</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">disclaimer: none of what is written above is the personal opinion of the author. the post is based on public news reports and presumed official documents, whose authenticity hasn't been challenged by any of the parties involved. if there is any doubt about the terminology used in this post, the words should be interpreted in a non-legal way. if anyone feels not correctly treated by this post, he can asks for a rectification by sending this blog a mail to the address that can be found at the right and below. </span></span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-1902356042703878142010-06-11T11:47:00.002+02:002010-06-11T16:50:56.179+02:00Guixa will vote for Ferrer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBJNQpzExXI/AAAAAAAAW58/bPLpoy8FsoM/s1600/0+jaume+guixa+jaule+ferer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBJNQpzExXI/AAAAAAAAW58/bPLpoy8FsoM/s400/0+jaume+guixa+jaule+ferer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481528644956636530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Speaking at a press conference and further explaining his position in an open letter, former Barcelona presidential pre-candidate Jaume Guixà, who didn't pass the cut of the signatures, has said that he will vote on Sunday for presidential candidate Jaume Ferrer:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Although I dislike the excesses of Laporta, I will vote for Jaume Ferrer. I will vote for him because I think he's a solid, serious, discreet and serene person who can deal with the pressure, because he believes in the youth academy and because I know the players and coaches respect him. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I will vote for Jaume Ferrer because he has been the most conciliatory candidate in the debates and because I like his latest proposal to include in the statutes of the club the incompatibility between being a director and having businesses in the world of sports."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Read more:</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/guixa-will-make-his-vote-public.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Guixa will make his vote public</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/final-number-of-signatures-of-support.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>The final number of signatures of support</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/plaza-will-return-blank-ballot-paper.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Plaza will return blank ballot paper</a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-5822022957718204622010-06-11T06:22:00.000+02:002010-06-11T06:22:00.073+02:00Cartoon 44: A Camp Nou 2.0?<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBF1PkunXAI/AAAAAAAAW5c/pzdnVrhrAFI/s1600/0+cartoon+ferran+soriano+barcelona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBF1PkunXAI/AAAAAAAAW5c/pzdnVrhrAFI/s400/0+cartoon+ferran+soriano+barcelona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481291131904285698" border="0" /></a>Fan A:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Soriano proposes to create a Camp Nou 2.0.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Which would mean that the fans could get all kind of information through their mobile phone.</span><br /><br />Fan B:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I prefer a Camp Nou where we win all games with at least 2-0.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(click the cartoon to enlarge)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">by kap</span><br /><br />source:<br /><a href="http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/web/gen/20100609/53942720264.html">el mundo deportivo</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">check more election cartoons </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/search/label/cartoon">here</a></span></span></div>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-42157491829085461052010-06-11T03:55:00.000+02:002010-06-11T03:55:00.220+02:00Weekly Round-Up (26): Four days to the vote<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/SxWEepdapyI/AAAAAAAAVAI/g_dgyTSnLfY/s1600/totalbarca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410376189415696162" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 250px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/SxWEepdapyI/AAAAAAAAVAI/g_dgyTSnLfY/s400/totalbarca.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Every week an overview of the posts from this blog, written by Xaviniesta, is published on Barcelona news site </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.totalbarca.com/">totalBarca</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >. </span><br /><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The process of electing the next president of FC Barcelona has entered its final week with the four candidates – Jaume Ferrer, Sandro Rosell, Marc Ingla, and Agusti Benedito – <a href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/first-debate.html">expected to take part in a series of debates</a> organised by the Catalan media.</p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The <a href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/first-debate.html">first presidential debate</a>, which was covered live by the blog, took place on Tuesday, and will have its follow up event today, June 10, at 22:30, under the sponsorship of Catalan television channel 8tv.</p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The <a href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/official-election-calendar-announced.html">campaign period will wrap up on Saturday, June 11, followed by a day of reflection on June 12 </a>during which no election related activities will be allowed, and will culminate in the holding of the final vote on Sunday, 13 June, at the Camp Nou grounds.</p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">>>> read the complete weekly round-up </span></strong><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.totalbarca.com/2010/news/elections-weekly-26-four-days-to-the-vote/">here</a>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-56228919837147176732010-06-10T22:27:00.027+02:002010-06-11T13:21:14.450+02:00Live Coverage: Third presidential debate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBFR-8HGkuI/AAAAAAAAW5U/1BaRLD6C1TY/s1600/0+debate.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481252363216261858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBFR-8HGkuI/AAAAAAAAW5U/1BaRLD6C1TY/s400/0+debate.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Barcelona presidential candidates Agustí Benedito, Jaume Ferrer, Marc Ingla and Sandro Rosell held the third presidential debate on Catalan television channel 8tv. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Contract renewal Xavi</span><br /><br />Rosell: "It's a good thing if the technical staff has approved it. He will most probably become the player with the most games at the club.<br /><br />Benedito: "I'm happy."<br /><br />Ingla: "Good news. Xavi has the Barça DNA, he could become a coach at the club later.<br /><br />Ferrer: "He deserves to finish his career at Barça."<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Role of the president</span><br /><br />Ingla: "The president shouldn't intervene. The president shouldn't get involved in the sports area. A president shouldn't propose players to the coach and put pressure on them."<br /><br />Rosell: "Everyone has his task but the president has to mark the limits."<br /><br />Ferrer: "It depends on the moment. If Guardiola asks for Chygrynskiy after winning the treble, it's difficult not to follow him. But the president shouldn't think he knows more than the coach. He should stay away from the technical decisions and not want to throw out for example Rijkaard after some games, or dismiss Tito Vilanova [goes for Rosell]."<br /><br />Benedito: "The president should only put economic limits."<br /><br />Ferrer: "In February 2005, Rosell wanted to throw out Rijkaard and replace him by Gratacós, and later Scolari."<br /><br />Ingla: "I confirm this."<br /><br />Rosell: "That's not tru, I said we should turn things around or else the league could slip away. And first we indeed thought about Gratacos, because we didn't have money for another coach."<br /><br />Benedito: "I was at that time part of the sports commission, following the handball section. I didn't have power to decide. And Rosell was indeed interventionist. Ingla also, in the marketing department."<br /><br />Ingla: "I remember perfectly that Rosell wanted to change the coach just before winning the first league. As far as the marketing department is concerned, we were working hard to change things but I always worked with the permission of the board."<br /><br />Ferrer: "Rosell has businesses in the world of football and that makes him wanting to intervene."<br /><br />Rosell: "I will sell my business if I'm elected and I never represented players, I'm mostly working for multinationals. The times are also different, now the model is clear."<br /><br />Ferrer: "Rosell left in 2005, because he didn't like the model we were building. Like Ingla in 2008, who also wanted Mourinho."<br /><br />Rosell: "I left because we weren't executing the election program."<br /><br />Ingla: "In November, we already wanted Guardiola. In January, Mourinho offered himself, so we went to see him but upon return I told the president we couldn't sign him. I have witnesses of that meeting, like former director Murtra."<br /><br />Ingla: "Rosell brought lists with his favourite players to the board, like Maniche, Costinha and others, and the sports director had to choose."<br /><br />Rosell: "We should finish the youth centre."<br /><br />Ferrer: "We will finish it this year."<br /><br />Rosell: "We want another youth academy, also for the other sections."<br /><br />Ferrer: "We already have that."<br /><br />Benedito: "We need more youth academy and private jets."<br /><br />Ferrer: "Benedito has never been in the board so he can't know all that. Most private jets are put at our disposal by the FIFA and others to go and get the prizes of the players."<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Successor Guardiola? Do we want to keep the style?</span><br /><br />Ingla: "We should keep the style we put in place in 2003. We should have a long-term view."<br /><br />Ferrer: "We'll see what happens with Guardiola, we'll start with 2-3 more years and then we'll see if he wants to stay."<br /><br />Rosell: "We will try to convince Guardiola to stay for the six years. We should keep the style."<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Youth academy</span><br /><br />Ingla and Ferrer: "We want a more global youth academy."<br /><br />Rosell and Benedito: "We should only have the academy in Barcelona."<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Youth stand</span><br /><br />Rosell: "We want it because we want more animation in the stadium."<br /><br />Ingla: "The Catalans are like this, over the last years the atmosphere has already gotten better. A united youth stands is a chance for the hooligans to get back in."<br /><br />Benedito: "Rosell is playing with fire, although I agree we need more animation. But we should analyze the issue very carefully."<br /><br />Ferrer: "At the game against Inter for example, we had the best animation in years."<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Social project</span><br /><br />Ingla: "The member will have the power to decide in several area, like for exmple the honorary members. We want to stay solidary with the world around, but also with the members, who we want to help in difficult moments. We want to be closer than ever to the member."<br /><br />Rosell: "We want to change the hours of the games in 2012 and play in the afternoon, so the families and children can come to the stadoum."<br /><br />Benedito: "The fact that we have members is something unique in the world and we should finally give him the power he should have."<br /><br />Ferrer: "We have listened to the members and we will implement what they asked us. We should renew the stadium so it's more user-friendly. We should offer cheaper packages for away games. We wants to be more solidary than ever."<br /><br />Benedito: "We want to ask the members the chance to vote on proposals, for example every two months."<br /><br />Ingla: "Barcelona is a feeling, we want to give everyone the chance to become a member, although we don't want to promote it."<br /><br />Rosell, Ferrer and Benedito: "We should regulate the entrance of new members."<br /><br /></div>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318633724201132110.post-20498695568984252622010-06-10T21:58:00.001+02:002010-06-10T22:05:26.743+02:00Ten impertinent questions: Jaume Ferrer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBFCi3P3JII/AAAAAAAAW5M/vb9dW6a8ibY/s1600/0+jaume+ferrer+barcelona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B1JtfOpd85I/TBFCi3P3JII/AAAAAAAAW5M/vb9dW6a8ibY/s400/0+jaume+ferrer+barcelona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481235388200068226" border="0" /></a>Barcelona presidential candidate Jaume Ferrer gave an interview to Catalan sports paper Sport.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >1. You are the figurehead of the Pujol i Ferrusola family?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm a personal friend of Josep for thirty years. There's nothing more to it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2. Did you ask for the resignation of Laporta after the vote of no confidence?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >3. Laporta insulted you and threw a bottle at you when he find out you wanted to be a candidate?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We had a discussion during which the tone was raised a bit, like during other discussions we had.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >4. The video campaign was a mistake?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It was made by some volunteers, the lyrics were the most important thing of it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >5. Have you been told that they overused photoshop in your campaign photo?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many times. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >6. Was it a mistake to use Laporta's phrase 'Que n'aprenguin' <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">[They can learn from this]</span>?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's a nice phrase.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >7. Does it hurt that they say you were the weakest in the debate on Catalunya Ràdio?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There is a poll that gives me 23% of the voting intentions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >8. Does it hurt that the financial problems of your company became public?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Weekly paper 'El Triangle' did that to damage my image and because they were ordered to.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >9. Are you the puppet of Laporta?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ignore those who say that. It's an electoral strategy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >10. Your phone has been tapped?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am not aware of that.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Read more:</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/ferrer-barca-is-club-that-unites.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Ferrer: "Barça is a club that unites"</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/rumours-about-pact-benedito-ingla.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Rumours about pact Benedito-Ingla-Ferrer</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://barcaelections2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/ferrer-wants-to-personally-head-social.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Ferrer wants to personally head social area</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">interview: toni frieros</span></span>pephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05504092527765425653noreply@blogger.com0