Barcelona defeated Las Palmas by a final score of 3-0 at an empty Camp Nou.

After protests erupted across Catalonia over an independence referendum in which 750 people have been injured, Barcelona asked for the match to be delay.

The request was rejected by La Liga.

Las Palmas had the national flag embroidered on to their match-day shirts to show their support for a united Spain while Barcelona emerged for the warm-up wearing a yellow-and-red-striped shirt.

“Together we are unstoppable defending democracy,” Gerard Pique said. After the match, speaking to the gathered media, a teary-eyed Piqué described the match as “the hardest game to play”.