"Barcelona will limit ticket sales for next week's Champions League game against Eintracht Frankfurt to members only to avoid a repeat of when the German club's supporters flooded Spotify Camp Nou in 2022. Over 30,000 Frankfurt fans managed to get into Barça's stadium for the Europa League tie, creating a sea of white shirts as the Bundesliga side secured a famous victory on their way to winning the trophy."
""This decision has been taken to safeguard the safety of Barça supporters and to prevent a repeat of the situation experienced in April 2022, when the majority of spectators in the stadium were not supporters of the home team," the Catalan club said in a statement. "With this measure, the club grants absolute priority to its members, who are the backbone of the institution, and ensures that the stadium will be a space of celebration and exclusive support for Barça fans." Barça president Joan Laporta also underscored the club's desire to avoid a repeat of what happened last time. "I don't want to have the feeling we had during that game in 2022," he said at an event on Thursday. "It's a horrific memory, the stadium full of opposition shirts.""
Barcelona will limit ticket sales for next week's Champions League match against Eintracht Frankfurt to club members only to prevent a repeat of April 2022, when more than 30,000 Frankfurt supporters occupied Camp Nou. The influx of visiting fans created a sea of opposition shirts as Eintracht secured a famous Europa League victory on their way to the trophy. The club framed the measure as safeguarding supporter safety and granting priority to members. President Joan Laporta described the 2022 atmosphere as a 'horrific memory.' The game is Barcelona's first Champions League fixture back at Camp Nou amid ongoing redevelopment and a capped capacity of 45,000.
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