Dopo la protesta per i costi dei biglietti per la finale di Champions League da parte di entrambe le tifoserie dei club finalisti (qui dettagli), bersagli delle critiche dei tifosi ora sono gli sponsor della competizione a cui lo Spirit Of Shankly e il Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust hanno rivolto un appello affinché mettano a disposizione dei tifosi una parte dei biglietti a loro riservata.

Nella richiesta congiunta delle due associazioni di tifosi, rivolta a Nissan, Playstation, Gazprom, PepsiCo, Banco Santander, Mastercard, Heineken e Expedia Group, si sottolinea come solo il 25% dei tagliandi a disposizione per la finale della Champions League sia finita alle tifoserie di Tottenham e Liverpool e invita gli sponsor e la UEFA a favorire per il futuro un ripensamento del sistema di divisione dei biglietti al fine di tutelare maggiormente i tifosi.

Stefano Pagnozzi

Champions League Final sponsors – A joint statement SOS and THST

Spirit of Shankly and Tottenham Hotspur supporters’ Trust – the independent official fan groups of LFC and THFC – are calling on the main sponsors of the UEFA Champions League to return a proportion of the tickets they have received for the Champions League final to the pot for supporters of both clubs. 

We ask Nissan, Playstation, Gazprom, PepsiCo, Banco Santander, Mastercard, Heineken and Expedia Group to help redress the balance in the current unfair allocation that means fans of both competing clubs receive less than 25% of available tickets.  

As major sponsors of the UEFA Champions League, your companies appreciate the passion and dedication of the fans who follow their teams and make every game a spectacle.

But many of those fans who have followed their club throughout this season will miss out on the biggest game of all. As will thousands more loyal supporters. 

SOS and THST believe such a gesture by the sponsors would help lift the occasion by increasing the number of passionate fans inside the stadium, and increase each brand’s standing on a global scale. 

We also ask that each sponsor lobbies UEFA to allocate tickets for future finals on a fairer, more equitable spilt that has supporters benefit.