Al-Marsad newspaper – AFP: The number of attendees in the 48 matches of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar reached 2.45 million fans, an average of 96 percent of the capacity of the stadiums, according to the International Federation of Football Associations “FIFA” on Saturday.
According to the International Federation, the match between Argentina and Mexico was in the second round of Group C competitions, in which Lionel Messi and his companions achieved a valuable victory 2-0 after a shocking opening defeat against Saudi Arabia 1-2, the highest attendance in the stands since the World Cup in the United States in 1994, as the number of The crowd at Lusail Stadium is 88,966 spectators.
And the International Federation highlighted that the group stage resulted in the qualification of teams from all continents to the final price for the first time in the history of the World Cup, three of which were under the banner of the AFC (Australia, Japan and South Korea) for the first time as well.
Only two African teams qualified for the second time (Senegal and Morocco), after the first in 2014.