# Reasons behind Camp Nou being full of Eintracht Frankfurt fans during Barcelona’s Europa League match URL: https://technosports.co.in/camp-nou-full-eintracht-frankfurt/ Published: 2022-04-15 Updated: 2022-04-15 Author: Rahul Roy Barcelona faced Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter-finals. The first leg of the tie was balanced on 1-1 which set up an interesting second leg at the Camp Nou. However, Barcelona were outclassed by the German club for 90 minutes who took a [3 goal lead](https://technosports.co.in/2022/04/15/eintracht-frankfurt-3-2-barcelona-cn/) before Barcelona pulled 2 goals back in extra time at Camo Nou. But it was too late and they lost 3-2 crashing out of the Europa League. Eintracht Frankfurt fans were behind their players during the entirety of the game. It was Barcelona’s home game, so everyone expected the Camp Nou to be full of Culers and Eintracht Frankfurt getting a lack of support. However, that was not the case. Around 25,000-30,000 fans were there at Camp Nou for Eintracht Frankfurt to support them on one of their biggest European away nights. > Xavi is bewildered! 😕 > > 🗣 "I was expecting 70,000 or 80,000 cules here but it wasn't like that… > > "The club is checking what happened." > > Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt giving their fans their best away night 🙌 [pic.twitter.com/OuzfCalPMk](https://t.co/OuzfCalPMk) > > — GOAL India (@Goal_India) [April 15, 2022](https://twitter.com/Goal_India/status/1514802693071687680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## Reasons behind Camp Nou being full of Eintracht Frankfurt fans during Barcelona’s Europa League match Barcelona coach Xavi had urged the Barcelona supporters to come to Camp Nou to support the Barcelona players. Barcelona gave 5,000 tickets to Eintracht Frankfurt following UEFA regulations. The club also requested the season ticket holders who were not coming for the Europa League match to give up their seats so that other Barcelona fans can come to create a big-game atmosphere. However, that was not the case. Barcelona president Joan Laporta said when asked why so many Barcelona season ticket seats had given up their seats: “It’s a disgrace what has happened. I feel embarrassed.” Xavi said: “Clearly the atmosphere did not help and the club is looking into why this happened. The players want to know why too.” “It was a clear miscalculation on our part. This cannot be allowed to happen. It was more like a final with the stadium divided.” “The atmosphere is not an excuse. The problem is a football one. We made too many errors. We made mistakes in all three goals and we have to look at ourselves. We did not play well. That is why we are out.” [MD](https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20220414/1001786940/explicacion-barca-invasion-alemana-camp-nou.html)requested an explanation of this situation from sources at the Barcelona club. This explanation was that, according to his investigations, Eintracht fans have bought tickets by land, sea and air. Through unofficial tour operators, from scalping, and have bought tickets from everywhere except Germany. > Laporta: What happened in the stands is a disgrace that cannot be repeated. We have to review the information we have and take measures. It's lamentable. We have to be stricter and not allow certain things. I feel ashamed as a Barcelona fan > > — Samuel Marsden (@samuelmarsden) [April 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/samuelmarsden/status/1514722349316288524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Enric Masip, an adviser to President Laporta, wrote on Twitter: “Everyone is within their right to sell their cards, but reality makes seeing a Camp Nou with so many rival fans very, very sad…” > 🗣️ [@JoanLaportaFCB](https://twitter.com/JoanLaportaFCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): “We're going to take measures … [what happened at Camp Nou] cannot happen again." [pic.twitter.com/7sOhT4b4B5](https://t.co/7sOhT4b4B5) > > — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) [April 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1514745293971116038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Over 30,000 Frankfurt fans traveled to the Camp Nou for their club’s 3-2 win over Barcelona. > > Xavi and Barça President Joan Laporta don’t know how that happened 🗣️ [pic.twitter.com/RkhtDknwsQ](https://t.co/RkhtDknwsQ) > > — B/R Football (@brfootball) [April 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1514745269983846401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Good morning guys > Let's all laugh at Barcelona 🤣🤣🤣🤣 > *Word on the street is that the home fans sold their tickets to the travelling Frankfurt fans, what a loyal fanbase* > I think they have all shifted to Paris > Xavi Masterclass [#CristianoRonaldo𓃵](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CristianoRonaldo%F0%93%83%B5?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/o4pgWbVNeF](https://t.co/o4pgWbVNeF) > > — Preeti (@MadridPreeti) [April 15, 2022](https://twitter.com/MadridPreeti/status/1514804691468660737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > 🎙| Xavi: “We should move the Camp Nou to India if we want the stadium to be full of Barca fans, they would not allow what happened tonight.” via the press conference [#UEL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UEL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/UmRarGaNBy](https://t.co/UmRarGaNBy) > > — Youssef🇵🇹🇸🇦🇪🇬 (@BlanconaIdo) [April 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/BlanconaIdo/status/1514713475649576960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)