It’s not clear if it’s Lionel Messi’s departure, the weak results or the corona raging, but the Camp Nou is very far from the crowd numbers he’s used to in recent years, and it’s only going to get worse. This is how the Barcelona Games are no longer the best show in the city, and it does not matter if you have a bar mitzvah or if you are just a casual tourist in the city.
The Catalans have played three home games in the Champions League this season, the first being with a crowd limit (40,000) while the other two have no limit. The 99,354 seats at Camp Nou were populated on average 45,092 Football fans only in these three games, when the record was 0: 0 against Benfica (49,572).
This is a low point for Barcelona since the Champions League was established. The club that led the prestigious factory on the continent on average for most of its years is only in third place this season behind Manchester United (72,855), Liverpool (51,667).
By comparison, in the 2019/20 season, the one that started without Corona, came on average 60,809 Fans of Camp Nou in four games. In the previous season, 18/19, Barcelona’s average was the highest in the Champions League – 86,178 In six home games. That season, it will be recalled, she was eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals.
In the Spanish league the average of Barcelona this season stands at 46,814 Fans in 9 games. Here, too, there is a large decrease compared to 2019/20, when the Camp Nou was visited 53,400 Fans on average, when on 18/19 without the corona the number was much higher (75,208).
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