25,000 Frankfurters in the stadium – Barça President speaks of “shame”
Xavi criticizes ticket allocation to tens of thousands of Frankfurt fans
After the Europa League defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt, Xavi criticized the allocation of tickets at the Camp Nou. It was a clear planning error by the club that tens of thousands of Eintracht fans were able to get tickets, said the FC Barcelona coach.
Eintracht Frankfurt experienced a magical night at FC Barcelona. 25,000 fans make the game a home game. A Wikipedia entry is temporarily changed. Barça President Laporta says he is ashamed of this evening and announces measures.
DThe largest online encyclopedia brought definitive proof. Anyone who has wanted to know which team the Camp Nou in Barcelona is home to in the past few hours found the answer on Wikipedia: “Camp Nou – Eintracht Frankfurt football stadium in Barcelona, Spain” was there for a short time. Of course, the entry has already been changed again. But the pictures from Thursday evening suggest that the Hessians have opened a stadium in Spain.
The rushing 3-2 win at FC Barcelona and the associated entry into the semi-finals of the Europa League must have felt like a home game for the Eintracht players. 25,000 Frankfurt fans who traveled with them transformed the Camp Nou into a Eintracht cauldron. The grandstands of the huge arena were firmly in Frankfurt hands.
Emotional Frankfurters in the semi-finals – “It burns into your heart”
Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner was overjoyed after the sensational victory at FC Barcelona and the semi-finals in the Europa League. “It’s the emotional reward that no money in the world can buy,” said the coach.
“30,000 in the city, 25,000 in the stadium, that’s sensational,” said Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche on RTL and praised the ingenuity of his own fans: “Our fans are imaginative, they’ve tried everything to get in. We turned an away game into a home game. That is sensational.”
“Today I was ashamed,” says Barcelona’s president
Much to the annoyance of Barcelona President Joan Laporta. The 59-year-old was stunned that the people of Frankfurt were able to purchase more than the 5,000 tickets intended for them by Uefa. “What happened in the stands is a disgrace that must not happen again. We will take action and explain it. I was ashamed today,” Laporta said.
Out in the quarterfinals against Frankfurt -Barca coach Xavi blamed the fans for his team’s poor game
What: AP/Joan Monfort
Barca’s coach Xavi also reacted irritably to the away game in his own stadium. He compared the game to a final at a neutral venue, attended by fans from both teams. “Something like that shouldn’t happen at home in such an important game. I expected 70,000 or 80,000 Barça fans but that wasn’t the case. It was a big help for Frankfurt,” said Xavi. Barça could not control who the tickets are sold to: “A planning error. The players and I also want to know how it came about. We had to go through hell in Frankfurt. And they felt at home here.”
Frankfurt fans used foreign credit cards
In addition to the 5,000 official tickets, more than 20,000 Frankfurt fans secured tickets in other ways. Many foreign credit cards are said to have been used and cards purchased on Spanish classifieds portals. According to information from the Spanish newspaper “Marca”, Barça stopped online ticket sales early on, but by then it was obviously too late.
Eintracht celebrates the sensation with their fans
Credit: AFP/JOSE JORDAN
The Eintracht fans dressed in white dominated the Camp Nou. They were not only visually superior to the supporters of FC Barcelona, but also vocally. In protest against the superiority of the German fans in their own stadium, the ultras of the (nominal) home team did not return to their stands behind the goal after the break. The seats remained empty until the 55th minute. In protest at the poor performance, thousands of supporters left the stadium early after Eintracht’s third goal.
The Camp Nou was firmly in Frankfurt hands
What: REUTERS
They missed their team’s two goals, but that didn’t change anything about the disappointing performance and elimination. After the final whistle, the Frankfurt party, which had already started at noon in downtown Barcelona, reached its climax. “It unleashes incredible feelings of happiness. We played an outstanding game today. It already started warming up when we saw the fans. There was goose bumps and then you want to tear yourself apart for the dream of winning at Barça,” said Eintracht captain Sebastian Rode.
Semi-final vs West Ham United
You could see the happiness in the players. They danced exuberantly on the pitch after the game, coach Oliver Glasner slid across the pitch on his stomach. “My pants are broken now, but never mind. To progress here at the Camp Nou is exceptional. There aren’t many teams that still win here. Huge compliments to the curve, the fans who were here and always supported us. A wonderful evening,” said Glasner.
Belly claps with joy – Glasner celebrates the outstanding victory against FC Barcelona
Source: dpa/Arne Dedert
The next wonderful European Cup evening should follow in just under two weeks. On April 28, Eintracht will play the semi-final first leg at West Ham United in London. The Olympic Stadium holds 60,000 spectators, and the club has been offering tickets on its website since Friday morning. The Frankfurt fans will do everything to ensure that the Olympic Stadium becomes the “Football Stadium of Eintracht Frankfurt in London, Great Britain”.
