Barcelona fan goes to wrong ground, watches third division match | OneFootball

A Barcelona fan ended up watching a third division English match on Tuesday night, instead of the Catalan team’s Champions League game, after going to the wrong stadium.

The fan missed Lamine Yamal’s penalty goal, which secured a 1-1 draw for Barça in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Newcastle, at St. James’ Park, the English club’s stadium.

The problem was that he traveled to the city of Exeter, almost 600 km from Newcastle, in the southwest of England, whose local team was playing a third division match against leaders Lincoln at their stadium, also called St James Park.

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Exeter explained on Wednesday that they did everything possible to help the Barcelona fan, who was lost and embarrassed.

“One of our volunteers came to the office to let us know that a guy had shown up thinking he was going to see Barcelona,” said Adam Spencer, Exeter City’s fan relations manager.

“His English wasn’t very good, but from what we could understand, he had come from London. My impression is that he typed St James Park into his phone and simply followed the GPS directions,” he added.

“He was quite disappointed and a little embarrassed, so we got him a ticket and he was able to watch a match at the real St James Park. He’ll always be welcome back whenever he wants,” Spencer concluded jokingly.

With content from AFP*

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