FC Barcelona 2012-2013 Home Shirt - Abidal No.22 (S)

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Flawless. The blaugrana dot pattern is perfectly sharp with no faded area, the red collar has kept all its hold, the yellow of the Qatar Foundation print and of the ABIDAL No.22 printing is vivid. No holes, no stains, no pilling, no sign of the printing lifting. It simply no longer has its original cardboard tags — but the condition is that of a shirt never worn.

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• Original Nike inner label photographed (photo 4): reference 478325-410, size S, product code FA120205SYS — all three match the FC Barcelona 2012-2013 home shirt as referenced by Nike
• High-density embroidered FCB crest: the St George's cross, the senyera, the ball and the FCB lettering are all perfectly defined (photo 3) — this is where unofficial pieces flatten out
• Qatar Foundation sponsor: it was only worn up to 2013 before being replaced by Qatar Airways — it dates the shirt on its own
• ABIDAL No.22 printing in the club's official font, with miniature FCB crests built into the base of the digits (photo 5), and the Catalan senyera printed below the collar at the back
• Real photos of the exact shirt for sale, never stock images — full method in my authentication guide

📖 Abidal 2012-2013: the shirt of a comeback nobody expected

Some printings are worth having for the trophies. And then there is ABIDAL 22, which is worth having for something else. This shirt belongs to the season when a footballer came back to play at the highest level one year after a liver transplant. It is probably the most moving number in the Camp Nou's recent history.

📅 28 May 2011 — Champions League final at Wembley, Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United. Two months after surgery on a liver tumour, Abidal played the final. Puyol handed him the captain's armband so he could lift the trophy. An image that travelled the world.

📅 April 2012 — liver transplant. The sporting prognosis was simple: most observers considered his career over. He would not play again for almost a year.

📅 April 2013 — the return at the Camp Nou. Abidal played again in this shirt, a year after the transplant, to a standing ovation from the entire stadium. That is the exact season the piece you are looking at belongs to.

👑 The 2012-2013 season — Tito Vilanova's Barcelona won La Liga with 100 points, one of the highest totals in the history of the Spanish league. Abidal left the club at the end of that season: this shirt is therefore the last he wore in blaugrana.

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