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This Tuesday noon was a big oral day for Joan Laporta, the president of Barça. The latter was indeed explained in detail on the fiasco of the Europa League match against Frankfurt (2-3) where the Camp Nou was invaded by German supporters who played almost at home. In comments reported by Actualité Barça, the Catalan president first apologized. “I want to apologize to the socios who felt uncomfortable during the game against Eintracht Frankfurt. We have detected an operator who has committed professional misconduct and we have terminated the contract with him”.
Subsequently, Laporta pointed to multiple responsibilities. A technical malfunction first. “Purchases from Germany were not allowed, many attempts were made to buy tickets. The control system worked… And organized groups bypassed all the mechanisms,” Laporta explained, pointing to a system that dated “from the previous direction.”
Laporta considers his club responsible but not guilty
Laporta also pointed to a fault on the side of the socios of Barça. “There was a misuse of subscriptions by a group of socios, who gave their subscriptions to German fans. It’s sad and it will be analyzed. Selling by socios and subscribers is serious. They know their reason but we have data. About 7,000 have abused this use of the subscription”. While putting pressure on UEFA. “In the meetings we had with UEFA, they told us that 5,000 German fans would come and the rest would come to the city without a ticket, which was not true… We are waiting to speak with the ‘UEFA, responsibilities will be purged’.
Believing that his club “is not guilty of what happened, but he is responsible”, Joan Laporta announced measures. “The measure we are now taking for risky and international matches is to impose nominative tickets”. While his right arm Jordi Guiu for his part announced sanctions. “We have detected an operator who has committed professional misconduct and we have terminated the contract with him,” assured the Blaugrana leader.
Laporta: “We understand that the club is not guilty of what happened, but it is responsible… the club did not sell tickets to German fans. »
— News – Barça (@ActualiteBarca) April 19, 2022
to summarize
Joan Laporta, the president of Barça, explained at a press conference the reasons for the fiasco of the Europa League match against Frankfurt. By announcing strong measures but also some sanctions against certain operators.
