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The men's team beat Espanyol on Sunday, May 14 to win the club's 27th league title while the women's team earned their fourth consecutive Liga F win at the end of April.
Barcelona players from the men's and women's teams enjoyed affection from thousands of supporters in the streets to celebrate their dual league titles on Monday afternoon, May 15.
Xavi Hernandez's side beat Espanyol on Sunday, May 14 to win the club's 27th league title and first since 2019, while Barca's women's team earned their fourth consecutive Liga F win at the end of April.
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The players rode in two open-top buses, heading from Camp Nou to the city's Arc de Triomf monument five miles away. The streets lined with jubilant supporters despite the threat of rain.
Defender Ronald Araujo was draped in a Uruguayan flag, while La Liga's top scorer Robert Lewandowski, who was wearing sunglasses and a Barcelona scarf, waved to fans.
Coach Xavi, whose name was chanted frequently, threw down a can of beer to delighted thirsty fans.
Players from both sides wore t-shirts proclaiming "the league is ours, the future too".
"You can see the fans are very excited about it and obviously we are too. It's a pride to share this with them and have them closer than ever," goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen told club television, as reported by AFP.
Another bus pumping out pop songs to set the mood led the way, cutting through streets filled with blue and red smoke.
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Barcelona's women have reached the Champions League final, where they will face Wolfsburg in Eindhoven on June 3, while the men were knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage for the second season running.
"We say to the fans that we are celebrating today, but that we have a lot of our minds focused on Eindhoven and that we will give everything and more to make them proud," two-time women's Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas told Barca TV.
Fans stood on balconies waving flags, while others clambered on top of bus stop shelters to get a better view.
Meanwhile, some supporters chanted Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Lionel Messi's name, hopeful that Barcelona can bring him "home" this summer at the end of his contract in France.
Others were more torn by the idea of Messi returning, despite president Joan Laporta pledging the club would "do everything" to sign him.
Messi, who turns 36 in June, is Barcelona's all-time top goal scorer, and said a tearful goodbye to the club in 2021 when they could not afford to renew his contract.
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"Barca have to reach the semi-finals and finals of the Champions League at least, and win more. It's difficult (to know if Messi should return), not because of his age. It's about why he comes, what's the goal of him coming?
Is he coming here to fight for his place? ... For the team, I don't know if it's the best thing," said Josep Martinez, 60.
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