VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PICTURES OF CATALONIA REGIONAL TEAM PLAYING A FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST PALESTINIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM AT LLUIS COMPANYS STADIUM / FANS ARRIVING AT STADIUM CARRYING PALESTINIAN AND CATALAN FLAGS / COMMENTS BY PALESTINIANS AND SUPPORTERS RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BARCELONA, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS-Access all) 1. (MUTE) STILL PICTURE OF PALESTINE PLAYERS POSING FOR A TEAM GROUP PHOTO BEFORE THE MATCH AGAINST CATALONIA AT LLUIS COMPANYS STADIUM 2. (MUTE) STILL PICTURE OF GIANT PALESTINIAN FLAG AND CATALAN SEPARATIST FLAGS AT STADIUM BEFORE MATCH 3. (MUTE) STILL PICTURE OF CATALONIA AND PALESTINE PLAYERS LINING UP BEFORE THE GAME 4. (MUTE) STILL PICTURE OF CATALONIA'S RAMON TERRATS IN ACTION WITH PALESTINE'S RAMI HAMADA 5. VARIOUS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN AND PRO-CATALAN SEPARATIST ACTIVISTS MARCHING TOWARDS LLUIS COMPANYS OLYMPIC STADIUM FOR FRIENDLY MATCH BETWEEN PALESTINIAN AND CATALONIA REGIONAL TEAM 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PALESTINIAN SUPPORTER AND WAITER FROM EGYPT, MOHAMED TOHAMY, 33, SAYING: “I came here with my comrades, my countrymen and my friends, who are all living here, [we came to demand] freedom for Palestine and to show that there is a people who is been suffering under occupation for more than 80, 90 years, and we come here to say that the war must end and the genocide must end.” 7. VARIOUS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN AND PRO-CATALAN INDEPENDENCE ACTIVISTS MARCHING 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PALESTINIAN SUPPORTER AND COOK, AYOUB GERARD, 30, SAYING: “I hope Palestine will be free soon, and I hope all Palestinians will be happy and well after this match.” 9. PROTESTERS MARCHING 10. PROTESTERS HOLDING A BANNER READING “Two teams, one same side” 11. PROTESTERS MARCHING 12. PROTESTERS MARCHING HOLDING PALESTINIAN AND PRO-CATALAN INDEPENDENCE FLAGS 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATCH ATTENDEE FROM GERMANY, JONAS (NO SURNAME GIVEN), 32, SAYING: “Today there is a match, Catalonia versus Palestine. We are here to show the people of Palestine that we are with them.” 14. PROTESTER HOLDING A FLARE 15. PROTESTERS MARCHING AND FIRING FIREWORKS 16. A MAN WRAPPED IN A PALESTINIAN FLAG SPEAKING ON THE PHONE OUTSIDE THE STADIUM 17. (SOUNDBITE) (Catalan) VOCATIONAL TRAINING TECHNICIAN , JOSEP MUSTE, 63, SAYING: “We have in common that we are both people that are not internationally recognised and we have two states that are oppressing us.” 18. ENTRANCE OF THE STADIUM 19. VARIOUS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN AND PRO-CATALAN INDEPENDENCE ACTIVISTS HOLDING A BANNER READING “One nation, one national team” 20. PROTESTERS HOLDING A FLARE 21. PROTESTERS SINGING “Antifascist Catalonia” STORY: Thousands of people marched through Spain's Barcelona on Tuesday (November 18) ahead of a friendly soccer match between the Palestinian and Catalonia soccer teams. Holding Palestinian and Catalan separatist flags, protesters chanted slogans and lit flares as more than 30 thousand people are expected to attend the match regional authorities said was being organised to promote "peace and solidarity". The Palestinian national soccer team played another friendly match against Basque Country's regional squad last Saturday (November 15). Spain recognised a Palestinian state in May and has been critical of Israel's offensive in Gaza with several protests held across the country recently. (Production: Michele Spatari, Albert Gea, Elena Rodriguez)
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