What has been said?
In a strongly-worded statement, the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust said it had “no confidence in UEFA as Europe’s football governing body”.
The statement read: “The illogical stipulation imposed by UEFA on the percentage of tickets that must be sold as part of the chartered flights package demonstrates how out of touch UEFA executives are.
“They have intentionally prevented a significant number of loyal supporters from attending the UCL final, many of whom are travelling to Porto without a ticket.
“The CST invites UEFA to publish a full explanation as to why this decision was made and expects that an apology is issued to Chelsea supporters who have been unjustly prohibited from watching Chelsea’s biggest game in nine years.”
What happened?
Chelsea returned more than 800 unsold tickets for their final against City.
UEFA gave Chelsea 5,800 tickets for Saturday’s game and there was a high demand for 2,800 tickets which were sold with independent travel.
However, the unsold tickets were part of a charter package, which included subsidised flights at £200.
The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust claim that UEFA were in control of the entire ticketing process for the final and that UEFA stipulated if any tickets “were not sold as part of the chartered flights package, they must be returned to UEFA even if there was a demand for tickets by those supporters travelling independently”.
The supporters’ group statement also claimed that UEFA initially wanted “90 per cent of the club allocation” to be sold as part of the chartered flights package.
The official travel package created an issue as many supporters had already booked travel to Portugal independently.
How were tickets priced for the final?
Tickets have been priced up to £515 for Saturday’s final.
Category 1 tickets are the most expensive at £515 and usually provide the best view of the pitch.
Category 2 tickets cost £386.50, with Category 3 costing £154.50 and the cheapest tickets,…