Barça's Xavi says Frankfurt ticket shambles "can never happen again"

Xavi Hernandez has once again spoken about the ticket shambles that allowed 30,000 Frankfurt fans into Camp Nou on Thursday night.

"The club will give explanations or at least find solutions so it does not happen again," the Barcelona coach said in a press conference on Sunday.

"It was the club's mistake, for sure. When the club finds out what errors led to Thursday's events, they will explain it to us. It cannot happen again."

Frankfurt had an away end of 5,000 but thousands more were able to purchase seats in the home stands, making for a weird atmosphere for the Barça players.

"We spoke after the game and we are investigating what happened," Xavi added. "The players did not feel like they were playing at home.

"It's not an excuse, but the atmosphere conditioned us. We were not comfortable. I had a bad feeling from the first moment when we got on the bus at the hotel and we did not feel at home. 

"Then we gave a penalty away in the first minute. It was a fateful night in every sense, sporting and institutionally. It started badly and ended badly."