Xavi Hernandez, the coach of Barcelona, was rightly disappointed with the defeat by Eintracht, but also with another detail from the Nou Camp.
In addition to dominating the field, the Germans also dominated the stands.
There were about 80,000 spectators at the stadium, and according to some reports, as many as 30,000 were Eintracht fans.
That is a much larger number because there were supposed to be around 5,000 German fans.
“I expected 70 or 80 thousand Barcelona fans here, but it didn’t happen. In the locker room, therefore, the players and I demand an explanation from the club as to why this was the case “, Xavi told the club’s management.
“Our goal was the finals of this competition, and now we have been eliminated in the quarterfinals. It is obvious that the atmosphere at our stadium did not help us at all. The club says they are checking it out. We will see… “, added Xavi and continued:
“This did not look like Barcelona’s home game, but like a match on a neutral field where both rivals get half the capacity of the stadium. Obviously, our club was wrong. We are very disappointed about that. Before the game, I pointed out in conversations with the players that the help of the fans was crucial in this game, and then we went out on the field and had something to see. At the game, when the atmosphere was most important to us, we won playing in our, but divided stadium “.
