Once again the Celtic support showed the way for other fans as we left Barcelona with a smile not a scowl.
Fears of heavy handed police action proved to be scare stories with the locals fully recognising the differences between Rangers fans and the award-winning Celtic support.
The local authorities laid on some special entertainment in Plaza Espanya on matchday where thousands of Celts gathered for a singsong, some cerveza's and a knees up as Charlie Devlin and others entertained on stage.
Meanwhile on the pitch we knew that there really wasn't much hope of a win away to Barcelona and secretly feared that if they fancied it we could get a real hammering.
Frank Rijkaard's team never hit the heights that they did in Glasgow and seemed fairly content with a 1-0 win after Xavi had scored an early goal.
There were a few minor chances in the second half, Aiden McGeady showed the appreciative crowd that he has the ability to live with the best but after the thrills and spills and passion of previous Champions League encounters it all fizzled out quite quietly as we departed at the same stage as AC Milan and Real Madrid!
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