On
the field, Barca should have little problem sweeping aside an Olympiakos side
without a point in the Champions League so far this season to consolidate their
position atop Group D.
However,
how Barca's fans will react to a tumultuous few weeks of political tension in
Catalonia is less predictable with the support split like the rest of society
on wealthy northeastern region of Spain.
Chants
in favour of independence are common at the Camp Nou from a section of the
Barca fanbase, most notably in the 17th minute to mark the fall of Catalonia in
the Spanish War of Succession in 1714.
Barca
have also been repeatedly fined by Uefa for fans flying the Catalan 'Estelada'
flag, which has become a symbol of the independence movement within Catalonia,
at Champions League matches.