And Tito Vilanova returned to the bench

With jacket and gray scarf and pose serious and concentrated, as required by the encounter. This Tito Vilanova could see sitting back on a stool of a football field. It was the first time he'd done since last January 19, when he was on the bench for Real Sociedad in Anoeta, Barça (3-2). When that day came back to Barcelona, El Prat airport, ski tickets, was waving to all their players and saying goodbye to him. We had our bags ready to go to New York for further treatment of his illness.

It has been two months in the U.S., before returning to Barcelona last week. As expected, little by little it has been incorporated into the regular work, a process that still needs to continue. It traveled to Vigo, but he did in Paris. He gave a press conference before the game or after, but he sat on the bench.

In the second part, Tito continued to see almost the entire game standing on the edge of the technical area. It was time for changes and why he was seen talking with Jordi Roura pretty much as with Altimira Aureli, his two henchmen.

In a final game is not for the faint hearted, Tito Stark protested when it seemed that no penalty whistled on Alexis in action and then, as the entire bench, could not hide his joy after Xavi converted the penalty.