'We are in a complicated situation': Laporta reacts to Barca fans protesting against him at Camp Nou

"There was a misuse of the subscriptions by a group of socios, who gave their subscriptions to German fans. It's sad and it will be subject to analysis," Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said in a press conference on Tuesday.

"The control mechanisms on the website were outdated and insufficient. We have inherited this system from the previous board, we thought it could work, but we have seen that for big games it doesn't.

"They used other ways to buy tickets. They went to look for other channels to search for entries: the unofficial agents, there were ads on websites and in different channels, organized groups of resale that were prepared.

"We understand that the club is not to blame for what happened, but the club is responsible. The club did not sell tickets to German fans.

"The measures we take from now on for high-risk and international matches is to impose nominative tickets.

"The Seient Lliure, a service by which members can free their seat in order for another Barcelona supporter to be able to use it, will only be for socios from now on.

"The conclusion is that the club has not sold tickets to the Germans, except for the 5,000 marked by UEFA, the VIP boxes, and another 238 that went to the Germans due to a computer error that was quickly detected.

"Now we will do it match by match," Laporta concluded.

Before the game against Cadiz, Barcelona fans were seen protesting against Laporta over the invasion of German fans in the defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.