The image that was experienced at the Camp Nou was simply surreal, with the stands invaded by the white colors of the Eintracht Frankfurt fans. This Dante situation with almost 25,000 fans of the German team cheering in the stands and even allowing herself to take out flares, she was received with surprise first and later with indignation on the part of the groups that make up the Grada d’Animació, which are usually the noisiest on the pitch. Faced with such an unfortunate image in the stands, with the goals being chanted as if they were at Deutsche Bank Park, the Grada d’Animació decided to make their protest visible, leaving the Gol Nord empty for the first ten minutes of the second half. It is evident that this situation leaves the club and its ticket sales system very bad, since it has allowed the Blaugrana coliseum to become a substitute for the German stadium, with the massive presence of fans. It is evident that the president Joan Laporta will have to take action on the matter to avoid more ridicule between now and the end of the season.
The Eintracht of Frankfurt congratulated the effort that their followers had made, publishing several images of the prevailing color in the stands on their social networks and even daring to rule: “The Camp Nou dresses in white. We are local. we all shout it“.
Barcelona, in recent days, had modified the sales protocol to avoid the German invasion that has finally occurred. The club closed the physical ticket offices this Wednesday in order to prevent those displaced to Barcelona from acquiring their seat. A significant number of members have given their seats to the entity, but Cadena SER reports that the purchase process was restricted so that visiting fans could not get them.
Tickets could be made online, but they were conditioned by two factors: the IP trace of the device with which the process was carried out and the country of the credit card with which they were paid. If either of the two controls detected that the person on the other side of the screen was from Germany, the transaction was directly canceled.
Fortunately, neither in the previous one nor throughout the first minutes has there been any incident with both fans. The SER has reported that several Germans have been removed from their seats by members of the Camp Nou securityalthough it was due to small setbacks and not to major brawls.
possible sanction
Iturralde Gonzalezreferee of the Carousel Deportivo de la Cadena SER and AS, explained on the air that UEFA is likely to enter ex officio to punish Barcelona, considering this invasion of visiting fans as a violation of security protocols: “This in terms of security it’s a horrible mistake. It will surely have consequences for Barça, with economic sanctions“.
Masip blames the partner
Everyone has the right to sell their tickets but the reality is that seeing a Camp Nou with so many fans of the rival is very, very bad.
– Enric Masip (@ enricmasip5) April 14, 2022
Enric Masipattached to the presidency of Joan Laporta, accused the partners of being directly responsible for the fact that there were so many Eintracht supporters in the stadium: “Everyone has the right to sell their cards, but the reality is that seeing a Camp Nou with so many rival fans is very sad“.