Barcelona president, Joan Laporta has come out to apologise for the ticket farce at the Camp Nou last night. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, seeing thousands of Eintracht Frankfurt fans gaining entry to the home section at Camp Nou in their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday was indeed shameful, and he is totally sorry for the experience.
Laporta added that he can only pledge to revamp the club’s ticketing system to avoid a repeat of such.
His words, “We feel really bad, it was shameful.”
“[The club] is not guilty in regards to events leading to the tickets ending up in the hands of German fans. However, we do assume the responsibility that falls to us.”
“Whoever knows me is aware that I always assume responsibility and look for solutions. We do not want this to happen again at Barca and we will take action.”
“This is action that we have never wanted to take because it is inconvenient for members and Barca fans who follow the rules.”
“I am appalled by the image presented and feel ashamed as this should never have happened.”
“The club is not to blame for people breaking the rules, we applied all the measures we could to avoid it but there are people who consider that they have to do it despite the damage to the club and the fans and members who came to support the team at Camp Nou.”
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