Nobody wants to miss Barça-Lyon, the final final, on May 25 in San Mamés. Still savoring qualification for the final after beating Chelsea this Saturday at Stamford Bridge, Barça put 9,625 seats on sale this afternoon, starting at 12 noon, for the culé fans.
In principle, this sale should be exclusive to members during the first 24 hours. Tomorrow at 12 noon the period opened for the supporters’ clubs and on Thursday at noon for the general public. But that was not the case and anyone who wanted to access was able to get a maximum of 6 tickets per person.
This has caused great discomfort both among members who have been left without a ticket, and among fans without a card who waited until Thursday to get a seat. Barça has explained to La Vanguardia that this is because the website enabled by the Spanish Federation – responsible for ticket sales as the country hosting the final – does not allow registration. So anyone could access an entrance. This is why Barça has chosen to send the link to purchase tickets only to its members through an exclusive email to all card holders. They explain that they have done it “as late as possible” and that this page has not been announced either on social networks or on the website to protect the partner, but that it is not their responsibility, then one of the partners has decided to share the link publicly.
In total, Barça had received 9,000 tickets, between 15 and 25 euros, of which 7,400 were to be sold today, another 250 will go to the entertainment groups and the remaining 1,350 to club commitments. But before ticket sales started, the club received 2,617 additional tickets, corresponding to those initially released by Olympique Lyon, so in total 9,625 were sold today, which flew in a few minutes.
Those who have been left without a ticket still have some hope. On the one hand, because UEFA will put a third package of tickets on sale, after having sold 25,000 in two previous rounds. On the other hand, in the event that Lyon does not sell out all its seats or UEFA makes more available to the clubs, Barça has already communicated its willingness to demand more tickets to make them available to its fans.
‘Movem Bilbao’, the most massive displacement
Under the motto ‘Movem Bilbao’ (Let’s Move Bilbao) Barça has mobilized its fans to turn this year’s final into the most massive displacement in memory. Two years ago a wave of 15,000 Blaugranas invaded Turin and last year in Eindhoven there were around 10,000 who defied the poor connections between Barcelona and the Dutch city to see the team lift the second Champions League in its history. With more than 30,000 tickets already sold for San Mamés, the majority for the culé fans, this year’s final is expected to be historic.
