Juventus comes up with ruse to prevent Barcelona-like fiasco


Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 8:20 AM• Jordi Tomasowa

SC Freiburg will receive less support from supporters than hoped in the eighth final of the Europa League against Juventus on Thursday evening. That Breisgauer travel to Turin for the first leg. German supporters have purchased tickets en masse through Juve season ticket holders. However, these cards are now through The old lady and the Italian authorities cancelled. With this, Juve hopes to prevent a similar fiasco as last season during Barcelona – Eintracht Frankfurt.

Freiburg said in a response that it regrets the decision of Juve and the Italian authorities. Tickets purchased through the German club for the branch remain valid. Freiburg also points out that only personalized tickets are valid for the first leg in Turin. The data is checked at the entrance and access is only possible if supporters also have a valid ID. A new personalization or resale of tickets is therefore not possible.

According to Freiburg, the tickets purchased by supporters are reimbursed through Juve season ticket holders. To accommodate the many fans of the club, Freiburg organizes a public viewing. German fans will have the opportunity to watch the first leg on large screens at the Europa-Park Stadium.

With the measure, Juve seems to want to prevent a similar scenario to last season at Barcelona. In return of the quarterfinals of the Europa League, the Catalans took on Eintracht Frankfurt at home. Before, during and after the game, it was mainly about the minimum of 20,000 Eintracht fans who were in the Spotify Camp Nou. Eintracht even spoke on Twitter about 30,000 supporters traveling along.

Officially, Eintracht was allocated 5,000 tickets by UEFA for the quarter-final. During the day it became clear that there were many more fans in the city and when the gates of the Camp Nou were opened, the Germans poured in in large numbers. In the end, at least 20,000 supporters of the visitors were present, but there may have been more. It led to such frustration among Barça supporters that part of the home crowd temporarily left the stadium halfway through.