6 days ago Fifa says galore bare seats were disposable successful the near-sell-out Group A lucifer betwixt South Korea and the Czech Republic due to the fact that of fans remaining connected concourses.
Football's satellite governing assemblage announced an attendance of 44,985 astatine the 46,000-seat Estadio Akron successful Guadalajara, starring to accusations they exaggerated the fig of radical successful the stadium.
The discrepancy followed pre-tournament disapproval of summons pricing and questions implicit request for a fig of matches successful the expanded 48-team World Cup.
"Official attendance figures bespeak the fig of tickets scanned and spectators contiguous wrong the stadium footprint, alternatively than ocular assessments of seating occupancy astatine immoderate fixed infinitesimal during the match," Fifa said.
"Fifa works intimately with stadium authorities and ticketing teams to guarantee each published figures are based connected verified operational data.
"Please enactment that, during past night's lucifer successful Guadalajara, respective ticketed fans could beryllium seen lasting successful concourses alternatively than staying successful their assigned seats passim the match."
The organisers besides issued a representation showing a mostly afloat stadium.
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