Eintracht Frankfurt expects tens of thousands of fans in Spain for the Europa League second leg at FC Barcelona.
“We have 35,000 ticket requests for Barcelona. The people of Frankfurt will go there, no matter what the result looks like. And we accept that too: It’s outstanding, it’s very special. We’ll make our appearance here and in a week’s time a celebration “Said board spokesman Axel Hellmann before kick-off on “RTL”. After the 1-1 draw in front of their own stands, everything is open on April 14 (9 p.m.).
Officially, the Hessians will only receive a contingent of just under 5000 tickets. There have been reports this week that Eintracht fans want to secure more tickets for the Camp Nou with changed IP data and foreign credit cards.
48,000 fans attended the first leg on Thursday. According to the club, it could have sold up to 300,000 tickets.