By The FirstFIFA president Gianni Infantino begged fans in New Zealand to buy tickets to the Women’s World Cup Thursday with ticket sales lagging throughout the global event.
From CNN:
Ticket sales for the global showpiece, which is being co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia from July 20 to August 20, surpassed a million tickets a month ago. But uptake has been slow in New Zealand, with tickets still available for sale on the eve of the tournament kicking off, unlike in Australia.
“New Zealand, we want you. We need you,” Infantino pleaded at press conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
“It’s never too late to do the right thing. Come to watch the matches. We need full stadiums to warm us all up,” he added.
Speaking alongside Infantino, FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura echoed his plea to Kiwis saying, “We still have tickets available for some matches, so my only plea is don’t wait until the last moment.