Barcelona has opened an internal investigation to find out the defect that allowed the presence of about 30,000 fans of Eintracht Frankfurt at the Camp Nou, yesterday, Thursday, in the second leg of the European League quarter-final.
Yesterday, the scene seemed strange when Barcelona players were booed in their stadium, and the stands were more like the Frankfurt FC stadium, after the white color of the German club overshadowed the yellow and blue of the Catalan club's colors.
And the scene was completed by Frankfurt FC achieving a resounding surprise by defeating Barcelona 3-2 and deducting the transit card to the semi-finals at the expense of the Catalan club, which is heading out for a zero season.
The German club players celebrated with their fans after the end of the match, and the large numbers of German fans raised everyone's astonishment and questions about how they reached the stadium despite the restrictions imposed in such confrontations.
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According to the Spanish newspaper "MARCA", the large German presence can be explained by 4 reasons:
Official tickets
It is 5,000 tickets granted by Barcelona to its German counterpart, according to the rules adopted by the European Football Association (UEFA), which stipulate the allocation of a certain number of tickets to visiting teams during continental competitions.
Tour operators
The newspaper pointed out that one of the most important reasons for the large German presence is the tour operators, and indicated that the fans move through large groups and their presence in one place in the stadium.
She pointed out that the organized work of the supervisors of tourist trips also appeared in the gathering of fans near the area designated for 5,000 fans who hold official tickets.
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The best goal of the match.
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Tickets from the club
A large number of tickets that were allocated for sale by the Catalan administration ended up in the hands of German fans, and this happened after the delay in taking measures to prevent Germans from obtaining tickets, such as withholding tickets and stopping the online sales process for fans coming from Germany, based on the âIPâ address. (IP).
Subscribed members
The Spanish newspaper said that many participants with seasonal tickets sold tickets to the German team's fans, and this appeared through the spread of Eintracht fans throughout the stadium, in evidence that they had obtained tickets dedicated to participants from members of the Catalan club.
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ashamed and ashamed
After the match, Barcelona President Joan Laporta said he was "ashamed and ashamed" after counting 30,000 fans of the German club out of 79,468 spectators at the Camp Nou.
"Honestly what happened today makes me feel ashamed and ashamed. There were many fans of the other team and not many of our fans. I am very sorry for what happened. What we can avoid are certain situations but as for what happened, we have to be tougher," Laporta told Barcelona TV. We cannot allow these situations to happen."
Coach Xavi Hernandez described the situation as a "miscalculation" and said that did not help his team, which suffered its first defeat in 16 matches in all competitions.