Atlanta-19 In a FIFA Club World Cup match on June 19, Lionel made a further free kick to win 2–1 on FC Porto, the biggest player in the history of Messi-Game.
While Messi is not amazing to provide a winning target, the unpredictable is that the match at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium attracted only 31,783 fans, which was less than half of the 71,000 seats in the site.
Indeed, the appearance for Club World Cup’s American debut in Atlanta began slowly, not losing an issue on Chelsea’s head coach Enzo Marska.
“I think the environment was a bit strange,” Marska said on June 16 after his Premier League team’s 2–0 win over Los Angeles FC. “You know, the stadium was almost empty. Not complete.”
Through four matches at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, two are made before the semi-finals of-Tournament and the final East Rutherford, NJs are played in NJ.-Attranta has seen an average turnout of 39,971 per game. Chelsea’s victory led to a low mark, which attracted only 22,137 viewers.
Chlessey, a supporter of Chelsea and a native of Atlanta, said, “It was surprising to see how many empty seats were there for that game.” “The fans who were there were in the game and started at 3 pm on Monday, but it was not the atmosphere that I was expecting, at all.”
Atlanta, one of the 11 American cities selected last September to host the event, is expecting itself to introduce itself as a worthy site of the next summer World Cup, which will be part at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The attendance has improved during the late latter of the incident, with a Sunday match between Paris St.-Germen and Inter Miami with a Sunday match-65,574 fans by the PSG win-65,574 fans.
The previous version of the Club World Cup held in Saudi Arabia in 2023 was found with positive reviews, with 50,248 fans to establish the opening-game attendance record of the tournament for the Al Eytihad FC-Aqlland City FC match.
Therefore, as critics question whether Atlanta and other sites would be attracted to the World Cup next year, FIFA said everything is on track.
The organization said in a statement, “The hunger of the tournament speaks for itself.” “Fans of 168 countries have already bought tickets … a clear indication of global expectations and access.”
A potential explanation for a low appearance floating in the story of New York Times on 12 June has an increased presence of US Customs and Border Security (CBP) and immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) in matches.
In a deleted Facebook post by the CBP, the group stated that the authorities would be “conducive and booted to provide security for the first round of the game.”
FIFA chairman Gianni Infantino rejected the notion that agents played a role in suppressing the attendance number.
“No, I have no concern about anything in the sense that we are very attentive to any safety question,” said Infantino. “Of course the most important thing for us is to guarantee security for all the fans coming in the game – this is our priority.”
Jack baton, field level media
