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What an away day! 20,000 Frankfurt fans take over the Nou Camp to watch their side reach the Europa League semi-finals… as Barcelona fans boycott some of the game in protest and defender Ronald Araujo insists the club ‘have to look at this’
- Underdogs Eintracht Frankfurt stunned Barcelona 3-2 on Thursday night
- German side were allocated 5,000 tickets but thousands more made it inside
- Some Eintracht supporters bought tickets off Barcelona season ticket holders
Around 20,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans attended the Nou Camp to watch their side’s Europa League quarter final second leg against Barcelona
The German side had only been allocated 5,000 tickets but another 25,000 Eintracht fans without tickets are believed to have travelled to the Spanish city for the game.
And the entire stadium was awash with white-clad German fans on Thursday night.
More than 25,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans were inside the Nou Camp on Thursday night
Some German fans bought tickets off Barcelona season ticket holders, while other Blaugrana members bought tickets for them.
Eintracht fans also bought tickets online before the club tried to stop German supporters flooding the stadium by preventing anyone from buying a ticket online who did not do so with a Spanish bank card.
But it proved to be too little, too late.
The German side had only been allocated 5,000 tickets but many more found a way in
And Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo said the club ‘have to look at this’ after they were knocked out.
Barca were forced to play the first 10 minutes after the break without their most vocal supporters as thousands left their seats in protest at the Frankfurt invasion of the Catalan giants’ stadium.
Serbia international Kostic converted a fourth minute penalty…
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Source : dailymail
