Barca fans boycott Camp Nou

Camp Nou has a capacity of nearly 100,000 seats, but only 79,468 spectators watched the match on the evening of April 14. In which, there are 30,468 Frankfurt fans, accounting for nearly 39% of the audience. They all wore white shirts and sang cheers for the away team throughout the match. This surprised Barca players and coaches, because Frankfurt was initially allocated only 5,000 tickets to Camp Nou.

After drawing 1-1 in the first leg, Barca conceded two goals in the first half of the second leg. Filip Kostic opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fourth minute, before Rafael Borre scored a superb long shot to make it 2-0.

Reporter Sique Rodriguez from Ser Catalunya said a part of the stands for the fans of Barca (ultras), no one left after the break. They all left their positions with the intention of boycotting the Camp Nou and home team. This group of fans only returned to the field from the 55th minute and continued to cheer. But in the 67th minute, Kostic scored to make it 3-0 for Frankfurt. Barca only regained two goals in the second half, lost 3-4 and were eliminated from the Europa League.

After the game, defender Ronald Araujo said that Barca needed to investigate this. And coach Xavi said: “I expected 70,000 to 80,000 Barca fans in the stands, but that was not the case. The team is investigating the cause.”

Before, more than 30,000 fans Frankfurt also paraded in the streets of Barcelona. They kept singing loudly but did not cause any problems. Many Frankfurt fans still fly to Barcelona without tickets, but somehow they still get into the field. Barca tried to prevent Frankfurt fans from buying more tickets. But on social media, many Germans say that they bought tickets on the black market from Barca fans themselves. Account Radio_Hotel above Reddit revealed buying tickets from a Barca fan for 250 euros (270 USD), many times higher than the amount this fan had bought from Barca before.

Frankfurt in the semi-finals to meet West Ham, and Barca face the risk of empty-handed this season. Xavi’s teachers and students only have one arena left, La Liga, where they are second with 12 points less than Real Madrid.

Hoang An