LALIGA EA SPORTS # Alavés fans barred from watching their team at Butarque ## The Alavés board announced on Wednesday that they will not attend the presidential box at Butarque due to the Rayo's decision not to sell tickets to the Vitorian supporters. The Vitorian club considers it 'unacceptable' that their fans are being deprived of the possibility of accompanying and supporting the team. 'Fans are one of the fundamental pillars of football and form an indispensable part of the identity and essence of this sport', they stated in a press release. The Deportivo Alavés clarified that they will 'firmly defend the interests of their followers' and demanded guarantees to prevent 'situations like this from becoming normal and happening again'. The Rayo will receive the Alavés in the 'exile' of Leganés, where they will not have the majority of their fans, who have announced that they will not travel for this first match of the season as locals, and neither will they have visitors as they have not sold them tickets. The Vitorian club is currently in second position in the League, with 3 points, 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses in 1 game, and has scored 3 goals and not conceded any.