Mmmm, when I was trying to source a ticket for the home end in Frankfurt, part of my plan was to get a booking history.
So I purchased a cheap ticket for the game last weekend and when I went use my UK card, the message I received was “your country is not permitted to buy tickets!!”
I had to use my US bank card and address!!
Plus it wasn’t first come first served but you went into a ballot, thus enabling further checks to be made to stop West Ham fans getting in.
I would say Frankfurt were being more stringent so as to stop Away fans getting in!!
I think Frankfurt are quite proud of what they managed at the Nou Camp, but that could have been done by many teams fans due to the size of the stadium and the indifference shown by Barca fans to the Europa League.
There will be the odd Frankfurt fan in the home end tomorrow, all away teams will have the odd amount achieving this, but it will no way be on the scale of Barcelona!!