Liverpool have contacted UEFA to complain about their small away allocation for their upcoming Champions League second leg against Real Madrid in the Round of 16. counterparts, who beat them in the Champions League final in 2018 before doing it again to win last year’s edition of the tournament.
Liverpool will be at home for the first leg but will travel to Madrid for the decisive second leg and have been frustrated with the number of tickets reserved for Reds supporters. Complaints have been lodged with UEFA and Real Madrid over the size of their allocation, which will only see 1,800 away tickets go on sale, according to The Athletic.
Anfield officials say the figure is significantly lower than expected, although Real Madrid say the small number of tickets is needed due to ongoing redevelopment work at the Bernabeu. The stadium is currently operating at a reduced capacity of 60,000, but UEFA rules state that away teams are entitled to 5% of the tickets, meaning Liverpool’s allocation should be around 3,000 seats.
A statement from Liverpool read: “The club fully understands the impact of this initial decision by Real Madrid on the supporters and the challenges involved in arranging travel for the match.
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“Liverpool representatives are in direct contact with the Supporters’ Trust and the Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association and will continue to explore all options to increase the allowance, particularly for disabled supporters. Liverpool will provide supporters with an update when ticket allocation will have been confirmed.”
Meanwhile, Joe Blott, chairman of Liverpool supporters’ union Spirit of Shankly, has also written a letter to Reds CEO Billy Hogan insisting that Real Madrid should not use their stadium redevelopment as an excuse for the small number of tickets available. visiting fans.
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“Real Madrid should make around 3,000 tickets available to Liverpool fans, not the 3% they are currently offering,” Blott wrote. “There are examples of redeveloped stadiums with no impact on away fans (Anfield and Barcelona) and that should be the case here.
“When it comes to allowance for wheelchair users, going to Europe is never good. Paris and Stade de France exemplified this when we only received 39 bays for the flagship event of UEFA.”
Blott also called for more disabled tickets to be made available for sale to Liverpool supporters, adding: “Santiago Bernabeu, although being redeveloped, still holds 60,000 supporters. Allocating only four bays, and for that in the domestic sector to wheelchair users in Liverpool is unacceptable and unfair.”
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