The worst attendance at Camp Nou in 20 years of the League

37,278 fans came to the Camp Nou on Saturday to see the Barça-Alavés. Not only is it the worst attendance in the League at a stadium with a capacity for 99,354 spectators since the sanitary restrictions due to the pandemic ended (47,317 against Valencia and 86,422 against Real Madrid), but you have to go back almost exactly 20 years to find a worse entry in the League. It happened on Sunday, November 11, 2001 in a Barça-Valladolid (4-0), when only 30,000 people were in the stands. The figure must be quarantined, because then the club did not provide exact data, but the rounding of the time was not too wrong either. The then team of Carles rexach He had just lost the league Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu (2-0) and was eliminated in an embarrassing way from the second round of the Copa del Rey in Figueres (1-0). He faced that match in 3rd position, 4 points behind Deportivo, the leader. Closer than now. However, the cold sports environment was added to the announcement in the hours before advanced winter weather and people stayed home. Marked Saviola (2), Puyol and Kluivert. In any case, that was a Barça under construction, like the current one.

Another similar assistance, also at a time of sporting crisis, occurred on Sunday, May 11, 2008 against Mallorca (2-3). It was the last game at the Camp Nou in the 2007-08 League, with Barça third and now without options for the title or second place, with Frank Rijkaard saying goodbye to the fans after five years. Three days before, Barça lost the Clásico 4-1 against an already champion Madrid (4-1), with the hall included, and only 39,298 fans came to the claim and the team let themselves go 2-0 after goals from Henry and Eto’o, with Ronaldinho unaccounted for before saying goodbye. Messi it was the best, but Rijkaard He changed it with 2-0 in the 62nd minute and the goals from Valero, Webó and Guiza.

As a common factor of the three commented entries, seven days ago Barça also lost the Camp Nou Classic against him Madrid: 1-2. It is clear that there are defeats that invite you to stay at home for a while.

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