In the early morning of April 15, the second leg of the Europa League quarterfinals broke out in a shocking cold, and Barca, sitting at the Camp Nou, faced the challenge of Frankfurt once fell behind 3-0, although Busquets and Depay pulled back two goals in the last moment, they still lost 2-3, the total score was 4-5, and the four big four this season were already a foregone conclusion. But this result is really not unjust, because in this game, the Camp Nou poured in 25,000 away fans, turning the stadium into a white ocean. This is all due to a move by Barca Club.
Previously, Barca stipulated that if the team season ticket holder does not go to a certain game, he can sell this seat in the relevant system of Barca's official website in advance, and part of the income can be deducted from the cost of renewing the season ticket next season. Prior to this, Barca's repeated reduction in the proportion of ticket members' income has caused a lot of dissatisfaction, but after Laporte took office, there was a bottom salary, the season ticket can still be sold in the system, but the income goes to the club, and the members can't get a penny. Therefore, Barca fans decisively chose the latter between losing money in vain and being a scalper.
In this match with Frankfurt, Barça actually only gave away fans 5,000 tickets, but the German seems to be too rich, in addition to the 5,000 fans who bought tickets through formal channels, in addition to at least 20,000 people entered camp Nou through other channels. In addition, according to local media, a scalper ticket can sell for 500 euros, and Barca season ticket members naturally cannot resist the temptation.
Of course, this is not to say that Barca fans do not take their team's win or loss seriously, they feel that Barca have won this game. After all, before this, Barca's two-tier battle was full of momentum and the away draw was 1-1, and Eintracht Frankfurt could not win the game at camp Nou. In fact, it's not just the fans who hold this idea, even Harvey thinks the same way. So after Eric Garcia sent a point in the penalty area in the opening 4 minutes to let Frankfurt get a fantastic start, the Barca players who habitually waited for the home fans to cheer up looked around, but found that there was a roar of the away fans everywhere. In Xavi's post-match words, he had expected 70,000-80,000 Barca fans to come in, but tens of thousands of visiting fans turned the match into a mid-ground final.
Of course, Barca did play very poorly in this game, with Ferrantores on the front line, Gavi in midfield and right-back Mingisa all sleepwalking, especially Mingeza, whose social media was attacked by Barca fans after the game, and let him get out of the egg with one voice. But this did not wrongfully accuse him, in this game, Mingeza appeared to be completely scrappy on the field, the attack could not go up, the defense could not be lowered, it was too clean and slow to walk around, so that the right winger Dembele in front of him was desperate to return to the defense, and finally did not bother to give him a pass back.
In addition, this game will also wake up Barca, although they have a good record before, but far from being able to celebrate, and it will take enough patience to return to europe's top teams. The only player who can make a final decision on the front line is Aubameyang, and Ferrantores is almost on fire. Midfield veteran Busquets still has no suitable successor, and although the combination of Araujo and Pique in the center-back position is solid enough, once the two are injured, the only substitute can be replaced by Eric Garcia. Therefore, Barca's three lines lack enough competitiveness, and it is difficult to really achieve first-class standards, at least by relying on the current group of players.