Repudiation of Barsa and Pep Guardiola

The Barcelona club rejected the judgments of the Supreme Court. "Just like remand did not help resolve the conflict, the prison sentence today will not be, because the prison is not the solution," the club said. in a statement. "The resolution of the conflict in Catalonia is done exclusively through political dialogue". Popular technical director Pep Guardiola called for international solidarity in a video. Guardiola described the sentence as "unacceptable in 21st-century Europe" and added that "Spain is experiencing an authoritarian drift under which the anti-terrorism law is being used to criminalize dissent and even to prosecute artists who exercise their freedom of expression ".