Champions League Striking moment last night in the beginning of the second half of the game between Liverpool and Bayern. Supporters of the German football club ontrolden a few banners for their protest to express about the high ticket prices at uitduels. “Away ticket LFC 48£ FCB 55€”, was there to read. And also: “Th€ gr€€d knows no £imits! Twenty is plenty.”
The battle of the Bayern-fans got a lot of acclaim from the thuisaanhang. A thunderous applause, that for more than a half a minute lasted, echoing from the stands at a packed Anfield. “Twenty is plenty” refers to the campaign that the Football Supporters’ Federation in England launched. It is asked to the ticket price for visiting supporters to limit to a maximum of £ 20 (23 euros). Earlier this month showed the Premier League know that that amount over the next three seasons, was fixed at £ 30 (33 euros). Ten euro more, not a small difference.
It is not the first time that Bayern fans during a Champions League match their express displeasure about expensive tickets. In november 2017, that happened also in the Vanden Stock stadium. Supporters of Bayern threw during the CL match against Anderlecht fake bank notes on the field, angry as they were over 100 euro entrance fee which they had to pay. “Is your greed now finally satisfied?”, ontrolden the German fans leaving a banner.
UEFA put Bayern a fine of 20,000 euros because of the protest of his supporters, but Anderlecht did not escape a penalty. The Brussels club had 30 euro of the ticket price back to pay. Because there was about 900 Bayern-supporters in Anderlecht were present, it went to a amount of close to 27.000 euro.
