spanish media have celebrated the spain defender beforehand .
the 28-year-old joined barca in 2008 from manchester united and mundo deportivo have dedicated their front page to the spaniard , with the headline : ` the pique spirit .
gerard pique is preparing to play his 300th game for barcelona against paris saint-germain .
` then , when i was seven or eight and started playing for the youth , that 's when the baraa colours began to really mean something special to me .