Nearly 80,000 Barcelona fans have applied for Champions League final tickets

Nearly 80,000 Barcelona fans have applied for Champions League final tickets

Barcelona socios have asked for a total of 79,429 tickets for the Champions League final, on June 6 in Berlin. A number that far exceeds the 13,294 which will be available to club members. So this Friday, from 10am, there will be a draw to see who gets lucky. 

The vice-president of the club's social area, Jordi Cardoner, will be in charge of supervising the draw, which will be public. Barcelona fans can watch on Barca TV to find out who wins. The prize, of course, is to watch the team take on Juventus in the final of Europe's premier competition. 

The best two teams on the continent go head to ehad in a stadium that can hold 77,000 fans. 

The club wrote: "Barcelona have an allocation of 19,550 tickets, of which 85% will be shared by members (13,294) and official supporters clubs (3,323). The remainder will be used for the club’s sporting, sponsorship and institutional purposes."