It was going to be a good day: Barcelona team in a photo-op before the start of the game

Star striker Neymar da Silva Santos even poses with his son, along with team mates

And the Catalan fans even wave the national flag and flaunt the inscription: we are free

but the goals refuse to come as Neymar and others keep hitting the woodwork. Neymar here holds the net in despair and agony

And Suarez bites the ground in anguish

What a night, Suarez expresses

It was just not a good day as Messi says here

Messi here tackles Celta Vigo’s Argentinian forward Joaquin Larrivey (R) , who netted the lone goal that sank the Catalans. All photos by AFP