JAKARTA - The vice president of the Barcelona club, Elena Fort, said that his party would carry out a serious investigation regarding the invasion by Eintracht Frankfurt supporters at Camp Nou on Friday, April 15 in the early hours of WIB.
In the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, it was discovered that there were more than 30 thousand Eintracht Frankfurt supporters occupying the spectator seats. Even though the official quota for supporters of the opposing team is only sold for around five thousand tickets
This situation indicates an error in ticket sales. For Fort what happened was disgraceful. The club is currently gathering evidence for the cause of the incident.
"Barca do not directly sell tickets to the German public because purchases are restricted from IP (internet addresses) originating from Germany and must go through a Spanish credit card," he was quoted as saying by Mundo Deportivo.
"We know that there are a lot of Germans going to Barcelona for this match, Eintracht has also provided information. However, they say the majority of those who will come don't have tickets."
"When I came and saw the stands, everyone was in white. At that point we asked, 'what is this?'" he continued.
The incident further confused Fort. The reason is that ticket sales have not even been carried out directly at the stadium since Tuesday, April 12. With that fact, Fort clearly admitted that there was an error in ticket sales that caused the Eintracht Frankfurt supporters to storm.
"It has become apparent that the controls that have been put in place are not sufficient and now it is important for us to find out how these tickets can reach the German fans," he said.
"As a club, we will be doing global reflections that will make us rethink many things."
"Maybe there is a culture that has to change and take decisions that have never been discussed before regarding access to stadiums," Fort said.
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