Barcelona supervisor Xavi Hernandez has complained over the variety of away followers through the membership’s Europa League conflict in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday evening.
The Catalan membership crashed out of the Europa League after dropping 3-2 (4-3 on agg) at residence to the German membership in an evening their current good run got here to an finish.
The presence of away followers at Camp Nou, who stayed to have fun lengthy after the ultimate whistle, was a priority for the previous midfielder.
“I used to be anticipating 70,000 or 80,000 cules right here but it surely wasn’t like that,” Xavi instructed reporters. “The membership is checking what occurred.”
Ronald Araujo added to Movistar+: “I am shocked there are such a lot of German followers within the stadium. The membership should have a look at that.”
30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt followers marching by means of Barcelona on their approach to the Camp Nou. All in white.
What a sight. #SGE #FCBSGE pic.twitter.com/OXw6Vunm75
— Felix Tamsut (@ftamsut) April 14, 2022
Barcelona had been favourites going into the match, however Flip Kostic’s fourth-minute opener modified the temper at Camp Nou.
The hosts couldn’t reply in time, permitting the Germans to manage the match for lengthy intervals earlier than including a second within the thirty sixth minute.
Kostic added his second and Frankfurt’s third with lower than 25 minutes to go, earlier than a pair of stoppage-time comfort objectives from the Blaugrana.