The Camp Nou crack: the episode against Eintracht puts Laporta's board in the spotlight

• Europa League An embarrassment at the Camp Nou in exchange for three million

's board of directors

seemed unscathed.

Executives from the previous regime were fired at will;

in the hiring of senior positions, friendship was prioritized over professional merit;

and, before the flight of the general director,

, the president himself decided to assume the functions himself, thus influencing that model of "family company" that is marking the work of government of the maximum Barca president.

"Barça does not need a CEO.

I am the CEO, ”settled the president.

In the box, however, it was calm thanks to the optimism generated after the arrival of Xavi Hernández as coach.

But that dead calm ended last Thursday, when the Camp Nou was taken over by Eintracht fans after Barcelona lost control of 34,440 tickets.

"The club is not to blame," Laporta defended himself, despite the fact that the vast majority of these seats were sold directly by the entity through its website.

Security

The social mass also wonders about the serious security deficiencies revealed in the stadium.

The head of that area is

, an inspector of the Mossos d'Esquadra who was once responsible for coordinating the police forces in high-risk matches, including Barça-Madrid in December 2019 threatened by the actions of Tsunami Democratic.

The previous head of security,

, was fired last November after

's car was shaken by a few

after the defeat of the classic.

The turmoil in the environment is such that old demons have even awakened, such as the irruption of messages on social networks demanding the return to the stadium of the

, whom Laporta expelled from the Camp Nou in his first stage.

The Barcelona squad, meanwhile, attends disconcerted after experiencing surreal scenes the night of their elimination from the Europa League.

who admitted yesterday that he still does not have a concrete explanation for what happened, could not hide his irritation: «It is a mistake on our part as a club and it can never happen again.

It conditioned the players a lot.

In addition, they threw everything at the bus.

You feel robbed at home.

Those who have decided to take action have been the members of the

, a section located in the north goal of the Camp Nou after being promoted by former president

in 2016. Its members announced yesterday that they will not attend the confrontation with Cádiz.

«Last Thursday we lived a day that will forever be marked as the greatest infamy that happened in our house (...).

It is difficult to understand how an invasion announced for weeks went completely unnoticed by the security department and the Mossos d'Esquadra.

We wonder if it was a surprise or if inaction was promoted to get three million in box office," reads his statement.

Barcelona still have five home games to play, all in the League (Cádiz, Rayo Vallecano, Mallorca, Celta and Villarreal, with which the championship ends).

And in the box, where partners went last Thursday to face the leaders, they no longer live in peace.

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