While the clash on the pitch ended with a brawl, tension was also felt in the stands between Barca's analyst team and reporters for ESPN.
OkDiario is reporting in the press gallery, some Barcelona analysts led by Arnau Blanco clashed with journalists from ESPN.
Hostilities reached their highest level once the match was over, when the brawl broke out between the players. But things had been simmering throughout the game.
Before the match, when the Barça analysts arrived in the press area, they began to argue with the ESPN reporters. They burst into the seating area shouting, scolding and moved the cables that allowed the monitors to broadcast the game.
The group of Barcelona analysts were angry throughout the game. To the point that members of the stadium security force had to act and position themselves among the Barça analysts and journalists to calm the situation. The first were escorted to the exit and, contrary to what was claimed, no member of the security team took the accreditation from any journalist.