Barca celebrate treble in style

Hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps over a million, lined the streets of Barcelona on Sunday evening as FC Barcelona celebrated the conquest of the fifth Champions League in the club' s history in style.

Saturday saw Barca defeat Juventus 3-1 in the final thanks to goals from Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar in a win which not only made the Catalan club Kings of Europe, but also made them the first European club to win a treble of the Champions League plus their domestic league and cup on two occasions.

The celebrations began with an open topped bus trip through the streets of the city to the Camp Nou Stadium.

The streets along the route the bus took were lined up to ten deep by fans desperate for a close up view if their heroes, as well as the three trophies.

The circuit of the city took several hours before the bus finally reached its destination: the Camp Nou Stadium:

There on home turf and in front of 98,000 supporters, the players, led by coach, Luis Enrique and veteran midfielder, Xavi Hernandez, offered the Champions League, Copa del Rey and Primera Liga trophies to the fans.

It was a special occasion for Xavi, who played his last ever game for Barca on Saturday and who deservedly was the center of the applause with everyone in the ground chanting his name.

Luis Enrique had refused to conform on Saturday whether or not he would remain at the club next year and the Barca fans also chanted for him to stay before players, families and fans enjoyed the festivities, which ended in a spectacular firework display, fitting of the club' s historic season. Endi