Against Eintracht the Blaugrana were greeted by whistles at home because their stadium had been “invaded” by guests. Now it’s the hunt for the culprit: did the season ticket holders vacate their seats, did the tour operators place them in Frankfurt? Laporta: “Shameful, measures will be taken”
The wave of the ticketgate does not stop, and is overwhelming Barcelona. That Thursday he played against Eintracht Frankfurt in a stadium full of Germans. “It looked like a final – said Xavi – with the stadium divided”. There are no official figures, but of the 79,468 tickets sold by eye it can be thought that about 30,000 were bought by the Germans.
WHISTLES FOR THEM
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And so when Barça entered to warm up in their stadium they were greeted with whistles, and the same happened when the club’s anthem was played. And the three goals from Eintracht, which won 3-2 with a partial Catalan comeback in the final, the stadium celebrated in a big way. The Barça crowd was outraged, and the boys of the ‘grada de animacion’, the curve organized by the club, remained out in the first 10 minutes of the second half.
BLANCO STADIUM
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While in Madrid there was great irony about the ‘Camp Nou blanco’, as per the color of the German team’s jersey, the president Joan Laporta went to Catalan TV to apologize by repeating the word shame over and over. “We have gathered the information necessary to understand what happened and action will be taken. He was shameful, indignant ”.
FREE PLACES
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What happened? That we are in ‘semana santa’, Easter week and the Barcelona season ticket holders have gone on vacation, leaving their place in the hands of the club, according to the ‘seient liure’ policy which allows the season ticket holder who cannot go to the stadium. to free up the seat: the club sells its ticket and part of the proceeds to the holder. Policy in place for years, which gives excellent results and leaves everyone happy. Because usually the members give way to other culé like them. This time, however, again thanks to Easter from Germany, they rightly thought of a holiday between playa and Camp Nou, and invaded the Catalan capital. Finding a place also in the stadium. Such as? “We had 34,400 tickets available for sale – President Laporta said yesterday – but they could not be bought with German credit cards, or from computers with German IPs, so whoever bought the tickets then sent them to the Germans”. The main suspicion falls on tour operators who sell packages to tourists which also include a place at Camp Nou.
3 MILLION INCOME
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Barça vice president Elena Fort said Barça grossed over € 3m from Thursday night’s game. An economic benefit, however, came at the expense of the environment, with the home team that seemed to be playing away. Since yesterday in the blaugrana Barcelona we talk about nothing else. Executives apologizing, Stoichkov furious, players stunned. First provision: from now on, tickets for European matches will be nominal.
April 15 – 15:59
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