Barca fans upset after influx of Eintracht fans at Camp Nou
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Some Barcelona followers are anticipated to collect close to the Camp Nou Stadium earlier than the crew’s Spanish league match on Monday to protest towards the inflow of Eintracht Frankfurt supporters for his or her Europa League sport final week.
Solely about 5,000 tickets had been bought to the visiting followers however practically 30,000 made it to the Camp Nou to see their crew defeat the Catalan membership and advance to the semifinals of the second-tier European competitors.
The Barcelona fan group Nostra Ensenya stated in a press release Sunday that the native supporters felt humiliated and accused the membership’s officers of placing them at risk.
Barcelona President Joan Laporta stated after the match that what occurred was embarrassing.
The membership had already stated it could examine how so many German followers had been capable of purchase tickets in sections reserved for the Barcelona supporters.
It will look into the chance that some membership members re-sold their tickets, and if the Germans had been capable of buy entry on the web regardless of being overseas.
The Eintracht followers stuffed the streets across the Camp Nou earlier than the sport and stayed to have a good time with their gamers lengthy after the ultimate whistle within the 3-2 win that secured the crew’s spot within the final 4 on account of a 4-3 mixture outcome.
Barcelona, second within the Spanish league, hosts relegation-threatened Cádiz on Monday. The Catalan membership is 12 factors behind chief Actual Madrid, which visits third-place Sevilla on Sunday.
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