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The four ways 30,000 Eidracht fans bought tickets for the Camp Nou game
The Spanish newspaper MARCA reports in its article how 30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt friends managed to move into the Camp Nou against Barcelona, although only 5,000 Eintracht Frankfurt friends were expected. The tourist offices, the team’s mistake, but also the fans of the Catalans “helped” in this special event.
Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated an epic Europa League semi-finals qualifier with a 3-2 win over Barcelona at the Camp Nou but managed to do so in front of 30,000 friends despite the UEFA limit of 5,000.
Barcelona have therefore launched an investigation into why this thing happened and who is responsible, although Laporta has taken most of the blame and has expressed his shame for what happened at the Camp Nou, as he said in a statement explained.
According to a release from ‘MARCA’ in Barcelona management, they believe there were certain factors out of a total of four that led to yesterday’s ‘event’, but it is evident that a mistake was made in ‘adjusting’ the number German fans who would follow the game closely.
“Legal” Access
One possibility was that Eidracht’s friends had legal access to the stadium. Barcelona, in accordance with UEFA regulations, gave the Germans five thousand tickets and, as usual and provided by the European Football Union, “placed” them at a specific gate of the stadium.
travel agencies
The Germans arrived at the Camp Nou in large groups while many managed to sit together at different gates of the stadium. This can only be done through the “tourist offices” who arranged the arrival of the fans in Barcelona, their transfer and of course the ticket for the game, although these tickets were sold by Barcelona itself.
Another element where the tourism offices played a role was that under the “legal” goal of Eidracht, the goals were full of German fans.
Sale of tickets from Barcelona
Barcelona were also responsible for selling the e-tickets to the Germans as it was too late to block the sale of the tickets to them. By the time it stopped the Germans from buying tickets for the game (German IP, to be precise), it was already quite late.
The sale of tickets by Barcelona fans
The fourth was that the same fans sold tickets to the Germans. There was no space in this game. And Eidracht’s friends were scattered in the stands at the Camp Nou, a sign that shows they are member posts.
In fact, there is evidence that this happened directly. That is, the Spaniards bought the tickets at the stadium box office and immediately afterward sold them to the Germans. The team is investigating the locations where this sale took place using photos and the stadium’s security system.
Source: sport 24
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