Cules gave Frankl Rijkaard a warm reception at the Camp Nou on Sunday night for his last night in charge as fans preferred to remember the good times and the success rather than the last two years of disappointment.

The whistles were saved for primarily Joan Laporta and the players especially Deco and Eto'o who deliberately got yellow cards last week so they did not have to play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

Now that Rijkaard is going, time will tell on whether Laporta will be able to last until the end of his mandate in 2010. Despite the two leagues and a Champions League success he has a lot of enemies who are unprepared to put up with his dictatorial approach in which he always tries to be the protagonist and runs the club as though it is his own business.