After a great sellout opening crowd on Friday (granted it was France playing in Paris), it was disappointing to see small crowds of 15,283 (GERvCHN), 12,044 (ESPvRSA), and 11,058 (NORvNGA) on Saturday, especially since all three had mainland European teams playing and their supporters could more easily get to France. I mean ESP and GER are right next door to France. So what is a non-European matchup of BRAvJAM going to draw Sunday?
Doesn't seem like it'd be an issue moving fans around after the first ticketing fiasco for these matches where groups were bizarrely split up randomly. But then there is a second ticketing fiasco as "download" tickets apparently meant "print" your tickets. Yup, definitely a FIFA event. Allegedly, 950,000 tickets have been sold so hopefully fans will eventually show up and not be paid sponsor ticket no-shows. Can't wait to see the USA fan support and hopefully sold out matches in Reims, Paris, and Le Havre.
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