Fans and even stars of “Real Madrid” have been handing in their League of Champions finals tickets due to abnormally high accomodation and travel prices writes the Madrid edition of Marca paper
The publication reports that, following the fans of Liverpool, they refuse to travel to Kiev for the Champions League final
Inchas of Madrid are not eager to visit Ukraine with its abnormal jump in prices for accommodation, as well as expensive and exhausting travel. The cheapest flight costs 800 euros. It became such a large-scale problem that even among the star fans there is no excitement over the Kiev Champions League final.
“Real Madrid” activated the reserve list of members of the club because those who had the first right to purchase tickets out of turn have elected not to do so. Moreover, the club began receiving a return of tickets from those who won them in a lottery order. A similar situation for the “Liverpool”, which reported on negotiations with the fans of the reserve list.
However, most of all the Spanish media was surprised that even the “Real Madrid” stars could not sell their own quota of passes among their loved ones. Madrid will play the fourth final in the last five years. However, neither before Lisbon, nor before Milan, nor before Cardiff, the players did not return the tickets back to the club. Moreover, the number of tickets was always much less than the demand from the stars of the “royal” team. There were disgruntled voices of the players, that they were given too few passes. Always, but not now.
The team “Real Madrid” – and this is the players of the main team, coaching and medical staff, as well as employees of the club base “Valdbabas”, – received 800 tickets for the NSC “Olympic” – “for the traditional distribution between their own.”
It is already known that a significant number of them will not be used. Marca suggests that at the final of the Champions League in Kiev will not be sold out. And this will be a real sensation, considering the names of the super clubs that will play.
This week, in the club offices, there was an influx of people who are eager to watch live the third consecutive Champions League final, in which their favorite team will play. However, after UEFA gave the Champions League finalists 17 thousand tickets, it became obvious that the cheapest flight to Kiev costs 791 euros, with travel times of 20 hours and 50 minutes. That is, if the fan flies on Friday, and on the spot arrives on the day of the final at 18:50 in Kiev. And it’s still necessary to get to the stadium.
On the day of the match, it’s not realistic to buy plane tickets. The first flight starts at 16:20, and in the place you arrive at one o’clock in the morning. The problem is that there are no direct flights, and crossovers significantly increase the travel time. Returning to Spain is also expensive, and exhausting with flights for a “small” price of 3 thousand euros lasting 26 hours.
Also, the average price in Kiev for a hotel or apartment is 700 euros per day. Rooms that went for 48 euros grew in price to 3 thousand. Three-star hotels offer “their last keys” for 2100 and 1590 euros.
“I’m not going, I need a lot of money, and this is an uncomfortable trip,” Marca quotes one of the “sosio” who came to hand over his ticket to the office of his favorite club.