đ¨ Champions League too? Barça to host with solely 6,000 followers
FC Barcelona should play their upcoming dwelling recreation in entrance of solely 6,000 followers. What appears like a pretend headline is sadly completely true from the Catalans’ perspective.
Because the Catalans have simply formally confirmed, Barça will host FC Valencia on Sunday night (9 PM) on the Estadi Johan Cruyff, which holds 6,000 seats. The bitter cause: The Camp Nou was not cleared for a recreation by the Spanish constructing authority, amongst others.
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The venerable dwelling stadium of the Catalans has been present process renovations because the summer time of 2023, costing a complete of 1.5 billion euros, and is anticipated to accommodate 105,000 followers in any case development work is accomplished for the 2026/27 season.
Earlier than that occurs, Barça needed to initially play in entrance of 27,000 followers at Camp Nou underneath an distinctive regulation. Nonetheless, this is not going to occur now â simply as little as a return to the Olympic Stadium.
The world, which holds practically 50,000 spectators, was the non permanent dwelling for the workforce over the previous two years. Based on reviews from ‘Marca’, Barcelona’s administration is reluctant to return to the Olympic Stadium.
Moreover, the house video games would conflict with different deliberate occasions within the area. The long run plan of action is at the moment unsure.
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Whether or not Barcelona may even play their subsequent dwelling video games on the Estadi Johan Cruyff remains to be unclear. Based on in the present day’s announcement, the membership is “working intensively to acquire the required permits” as shortly as potential. Based on LaLiga laws, each stadium will need to have a minimal capability of 15,000 spectators. There may be an exception for the sport in opposition to Valencia. Moreover, Barça will host Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League on October 1.
An exception would even be wanted to proceed enjoying within the mini-stadium. If this isn’t granted and the membership strikes to a big area in one other metropolis, there’s one other drawback. Based on UEFA laws, Barça wouldn’t be allowed to designate a brand new dwelling venue till after the group stage, that means they must journey to a different metropolis for his or her CL dwelling video games till January.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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