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Before the Start of the World Cup, the surging news reporter got two knockout round f1 vs. e2 tickets, and we were still a little excited at that time.
Because looking at the results of the group draw, if Germany can get the first place in group f, it will be a wonderful contest.
But man is not as good as heaven, and the end result is Sweden vs Switzerland.
One of the most boring knockouts? You can fully expect such a scenario.
The fans fell asleep.
"We have a surplus ticket, $245, and we'll go to the stadium and see if we can sell it, at the original price." Outside the stadium, we met a couple of Chinese fans who were worried about the extra tickets they had.
All we can do is tell them, "Don't be too optimistic, the Swiss race is a box office poison." ”
Two years ago at the European Championships, my colleagues and I also happened to meet the group stages in Switzerland and Romania in Paris, and we arrived at the Parc des Princes very early, thinking that we would enter the stadium with cheap tickets.
At that time, a few North African-looking scalpers waved at us with a ticket for 140 euros a year, and after some bargaining, we spent 70 euros to buy two, which was equivalent to 25% off.
There is no overall cheering phalanx on the scene. The Paper's reporter Song Chengliang and Chen Juntu
This time in Russia, at about 2:30 p.m., two and a half hours before the game, scalpers gathered at the gate of ticket gate No. 4 outside the stadium.
Several foreign scalpers had a face value of 11,000 rubles (about 1,100 yuan), a Chinese fan was willing to buy 5,000 rubles, and the scalper insisted on 8,000 rubles, but within 10 minutes, the scalper folded back and found the Chinese fan, "5,000 rubles, to you." ”
And when the fans around us said that they could sell the ticket for $245, the "scalpers" waved their hands and said, "Don't joke, just $185 second-class ticket, only sold for 5,000 rubles." ”
Off the field, many scalpers around them held up their tickets to their chests, but almost no one came forward to inquire, which was in stark contrast to the fact that many fans could not buy tickets on the spot before many games.
During the group stage, it is very easy to sell a ticket at a 50% increase in face value.
Swedish fans on the spot.
The most interesting thing is that several German fans, they all have the lowest prices of 1100 rubles and 2000 rubles, seeing the ticket in the hands of the surging news reporter, "It's too expensive, if you want to sell, I will give you up to 2000 rubles, we are all such tickets." ”
Seeing this scene, several Chinese fans can only say: "It is not worth it to sell tickets with such a little money, it is better to keep it as a souvenir." ”
Empty seats on site. The Paper's reporter Song Chengliang and Chen Juntu
Checking tickets, climbing the stairs to find their seats, 1 seat in row 17 of c211, at this time the game has begun for 5 minutes, and the 7 positions next to this row and the six or seven positions in row 16 are actually empty.
We took our phones and turned to photo mode, pulled the distance to the farthest, and it was clear that there were still a certain number of vacancies in this game.
St. Petersburg Stadium can accommodate 68,000 people, from the perspective of the distribution of the audience, the number of German fans is quite large, many people have bought tickets for this game in advance, they thought that Germany should be able to become the first in Group F...
There are also many fans from China, also to see the German team, and there are also many Fans from Brazil and Mexico, because these two teams also have a certain probability of playing this knockout game.
On the contrary, the Number of Swedish and Swiss fans is small, and they cannot occupy an entire stand. There may be a little more people wearing yellow jerseys, but they are also scattered, and there are fewer Swiss fans in red.
There are also quite a few empty seats in the front row. The Paper's reporter Song Chengliang and Chen Juntu
It can be said that this is a game without a home team, and everyone is watching the hilarity. Heck, it's all germany.
What's worse is that there have been several heavy rains in St. Petersburg in the past few days, but the six hours before and after the game are sunny, and the sun can't open their eyes in the stands.
Then with such a skill level of play, many fans are sleepy. BBC took a picture of a fan dozing off and commented, "This is the most classic shot of this game." ”
This sentence may be the best portrayal.