Despite fears of a possible deliberate attack right before a Debry with high tension (there's a huge rivalry between the two Barcelonian teams), police forces Mossos d'Esquadra and Catalan president Salvador Illa quickly said that the accident was not intentional. A driver was arrested, and tested negative on alcohol and drugs.

At least eight people sustained minor injuries after a car plowed into a crowd outside Barcelona's match at Espanyol on Thursday in an incident that has been deemed an accident by local authorities. During the opening minutes of the game at RCDE Stadium in Barcelona,