In the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Barca lost 2-3 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, 3-4 on aggregate. The rebuilding Barca unfortunately missed the first trophy under Xavi, but the process of losing is even worse than the outcome.
We know that there are only 5,000 tickets allocated to away fans for this game. Of camp Nou's nearly 100,000 capacity, these 5,000 people simply can't set off any storms, and any cheers they make will be drowned out by Barça fans. But the truth is that more than 30,000 Frankfurt fans poured into the Camp Nou, and they were dressed in bright white, and there was a sea of white in the stands, giving the illusion of being at the Bernabeu.
From the pre-match warm-up, barca players were booed by the visiting fans. After the match began, the Frankfurt fans were excited and shouted. And the away players also seem to be fighting at home, and their morale is greatly boosted. Not only did it break Barca's attack to pieces, but it was almost deadly when it counterattacked. Throughout the first half, Barca had just 2 shots on goal and 1 shot on target, while Frankfurt had 5 of 9 shots on goal to threaten the goal guarded by Dortle Stegen.
With the cheers of the away fans, the Barca players are clearly mentally ill-prepared. Eric Garcia sent another penalty and Frankfurt took the lead in the opening 3 minutes. Since then, Barca have still tried hard to play their own style, but Frankfurt has shown momentum and resolutely implemented the pre-match arrangements, decisively on the body. The referee's whistle was also biased, which tilted the situation on the field.
In the 36th minute, Frankfurt's midfielder broke the ball, AndEltic quickly handed it over to Borre, who carried the ball forward to face Araujo's defense in the middle, crossed a few steps and then pulled out his leg to shoot furiously, Ter Stegen whipped long, barca trailed 0-2. Frankfurt took the lead and took the lead, while Barca, eager to regain the score, wasted a good opportunity.
In the 47th minute, Aubameyang's shot in front of the goal was strangely deflected, and Barca missed a good opportunity. After that, Boley handballed inside the penalty area, and the referee chose to ignore it. In the 66th minute, Kamada Assist Kostic scored another goal, and Barca fell behind 3-0. Although he scored 2 goals in a row in stoppage time, the hole dug in front of him was too big to return to the sky.
After the game, there was an atmosphere of disappointment everywhere on The Barca side, while frankfurt fans were "shrimp and pig hearts" after the game. After the game, Eintracht Frankfurt fans put stickers on the posters of Barca players outside the Camp Nou stadium, as if patched one by one. Even more poignantly, the stickers read "Frankfurt's Turf."
Being counted down in this way by opposing fans after the game, to be honest, this is more humiliating for Barca fans than losing a big score. But who can blame this? Why do away teams with only 5,000 away tickets flock to more than 30,000 away fans? The reason for this is inseparable from Barca's management.
According to Spanish media, the main reason for the home field being captured is that Barca president Laporta canceled the previous ticket trading system last October. Season ticket holders who do not go to see the game can only choose to sell their tickets at a high price, and Frankfurt fans have obtained more than 20,000 tickets in this way.