Xavi Hernández i Creus was served correctly.

The football legend of Futbol Club Barcelona, ​​who has been the coach of the Catalan world club since November 8, was not only affected by the 2-3 defeat and the end of the Europa League quarter-finals.

The fact that the visitors from Frankfurt set the tone on the pitch in the Camp Nou stadium bowl at home annoyed him.

The fact that Eintracht was loudly supported by 30,000 fans annoyed the former world and European champions even more.

"It's a planning error.

We want to know what happened.

If we play at home, that can't happen.” It could.

Instead, the guests “felt at home.

Of course that doesn't help."

Tobias Rabe

Responsible editor for Sport Online.

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Xavi compared the spectator ratios with those of a final in a neutral stadium, where the sympathies were evenly distributed among the almost 80,000 spectators.

The fact that this happens at a home game is disappointing.

Since the Frankfurt fan scene had specified that they should appear in white clothing, the Eintracht supporters were also visually recognizable.

Barcelona's president was outraged like his coach.

"What happened was a disgrace that must not be repeated.

We will take action because that is shameful.” Some Barça fans saw it that way too: they left the stadium at half-time in protest, but came back ten minutes later.

FC Barcelona could have counted on it.

It was known before the game that Frankfurt fans like to follow their team through Europe, that a visit to Barcelona is something special for them and that they are creative when buying tickets.

"FC Barcelona is not to blame at all," said Frankfurt board member Axel Hellmann in the evening.

“Our fans are the most creative when it comes to getting tickets by any means.

It was like that and will always be like that.” Originally, Eintracht received 5,000 tickets according to the rules.

However, they significantly increased their contingent with foreign credit cards or short-term purchases on site.

"I thought I was in Frankfurt"

And everyone who stuck with Frankfurt and made it to the stadium enjoyed their time there.

While some of the disappointed locals had left their seats before the end of the game and missed Barcelona's goals from Sergio Busquets (90'+1') and Memphis Depay from the penalty spot (90'-10') in added time, the Eintracht supporters celebrated themselves and their football heroes long after the final whistle.

It showed how many Frankfurters were actually not only high in their block in the upper tier of the imposing arena, but how they were distributed in the entire circle.

Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp summarized the situation succinctly: "I thought I was in Frankfurt."

He was in Barcelona, ​​where he once suffered the bitter defeat of his career as a Paris Saint-Germain player.

After a 4-0 win in the first leg, he was eliminated by a 6-1 loss at Camp Nou.

That didn't matter as Trapp and the Frankfurt entourage cheered enthusiastically about their victory, which many at Eintracht had dreamed of.

Goals from Filip Kostic with a hard shot from the penalty spot (4th), Rafael Borré with a bang from afar (36th) and Kostic again with his unique hit with his left foot in the far corner (67th). for the goals in the semi-finals of the Frankfurt shooters on the Costa Brava.