As the Nou Camp emptied and players and staff alike departed for the evening, one solitary figure was left sitting alone on the hallowed turf – surrounded only by 99,000 empty seats.

Andres Iniesta, calling time on his Barcelona career after 22-years of service, took to the centre circle for one final moment of reflection within the surroundings of the coliseum he knows so well.

Earlier, the stadium DJ, who had spent ten minutes following the final whistle drowning out the Barcelona supporters, finally fell silent and the microphone was at last passed to the man of a million passes.