FC Barcelona president Laporta explains ticket policy change after Eintracht Frankurt fans flood Camp Nou
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30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans entering Camp Nou despite only 5,000 away tickets allocated raises concern, as FC Barcelona recovers from another calamatious European exit
FC Barcelona will make tickets for European games at the Camp Nou non-transferable, president Joan Laporta said after a reported 30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans entered the venue for their Europa League game despite away fans only being allocated 5,000 tickets.
Barça was knocked out of the competition on Thursday by the Germans in the quarter-finals after winger Filip Kostic scored twice in a 3-2 victory that saw Eintracht advance 4-3 on aggregate.
While Barca were expecting huge backing at the stadium, ESPN reported there were close to 30,000 Eintracht fans among the 79,468 crowd.
Of those who attended the game, the club said that 37,746 were season ticket holders, 5,000 tickets were in the away section and 34,440 had bought tickets through other means. The remaining were invited by European soccer’s governing body UEFA.
“We insist that the 34,440 tickets that went on sale were tickets restricted to sale outside Germany,” the club said on Friday.
“The club did not sell tickets to German fans. Who bought those tickets, did so and passed them on to German fans, that is obvious.”
Laporta said Barcelona “is not guilty” for events leading to the tickets ending up in the hands of German fans.
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