JAKARTA - There was an interesting sight when Barcelona lost 2-3 to Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of the Europa League quarters, Friday 16 am WIB. Barcelona's home, Camp Nou, was actually packed with 30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans.
Barcelona actually only allocated 5,000 tickets for the German club's supporters. However, at least 30,000 tickets have already been sold to Frankfurt fans.
Barcelona president, Joan Laporta said he was embarrassed by what happened in the second leg match. He also said, something like this can not happen again.
Laporta stressed that this incident would not be repeated. He will apply stricter ticket sales rules.
"We bear the responsibility that is in our hands. We don't want this to happen again in Barcelona and we will take action," said Laporta.
The measures that Laporta announced and they have adopted are that tickets for international competitions are non-transferable.
"The club is not to blame for people breaking the rules. We are implementing all the measures we can to avoid it," said Laporta.
"However, there are those who think that they have to do it even if it is to the detriment of the club and the fans and members who have come to support the team at Camp Nou."
Meanwhile, Barcelona said that the situation was beyond their control.
"We insist that the 34,440 tickets sold are tickets restricted to sale outside Germany," the club said.
"The club does not sell tickets to German fans. Who bought those tickets, did it and gave them to German fans, that's clear," the club said in a statement.
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