To be paid cash and due!
FCZ tickets in Baku cost 6 francs
Cash is king! The handful of FCZ fans only come to the stadium for the first leg of the Champions League qualifier in Baku if they have 6 francs in coins with them.
The FCZ fans will probably not come to the stadium so cheaply all season! Admission to the first leg of the Champions League qualifier once morest Karabakh Agdam on Tuesday evening costs 6 francs (kickoff 6 p.m., live srf.ch).
The crux of the matter: Getting to Baku, the 3,500 km away venue, is complicated and expensive.
According to FCZ information, around 30 fans from Switzerland will be there for the first leg. Curious: The entry into the guest sector of the equivalent of 6 francs is appropriate and has to be paid in cash in front of the stadium, as the FCZ reports!
The FCZ does not want to be an exchange office
What is behind this bizarre entry policy of the Azerbaijani champion? The club from Agdam in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has been playing in exile in Baku for decades because of the conflict there – normally in the small Azersun Arena, but in the European Cup in the old national stadium.
In the European Cup, it is normal for guest tickets to be sold to fans via the guest club. Raising ticketing as usual for a handful of fans would not have made sense for the FCZ. Just as little as selling the cards in the local currency Azerbaijan manat. So the 10.45 AZN simply became 6 CHF.
A twint option was not used. Instead, the request to the fans is to bring the correct amount with them so that the club does not have to have change ready.
And following the game, a Karabakh representative is handed a bunch of Swiss coins? no FCZ spokesman Finn Sulzer: “It will then be offset once morest the guest tickets that Karabakh Agdam will sell to its fans in Zurich next week.”
