Barcelona Club is preparing to face Newcastle United tomorrow, Wednesday, in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg. It is expected that 10,000 fans of the English team will arrive in Barcelona.

However, the surprise lies in the fact that only 3,000 of them have tickets to attend the match at Spotify Camp Nou, while 7,000 others do not have tickets, prompting the club to declare the match as high risk.

According to a report by the Spanish newspaper 'Marca', the Catalan club activated the security protocol and monitoring of opposing teams' fans last Monday, and urged Newcastle fans without tickets not to travel, confirming that no additional sales points will be opened.

The club also halted ticket sales for this match since Friday, March 6, to avoid a repeat of similar events to what happened in April 2022, when 30,000 German fans attended a match against Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, despite the club providing only 5,000 tickets, which angered Barcelona fans and the club president, Joan Laporta.

Barcelona fans are considered one of the team's most important assets in tomorrow's match, especially after the stadium's capacity was increased last Sunday to exceed 62,000 spectators, and the appearance of the fan motivation stands during the Sevilla match, which enhanced the impact of fan attendance on the match atmosphere and confirmed its importance in supporting the Catalan team.