One of the official sponsors of Women’s Soccer World Cup on Thursday offered 20,000 free tickets for four games to be played New Zealandincluding two duels of Choosing Spanish. Organizers fear low attendances at some stadiums in the country hosting the world event, which is co-organized with Australia and runs from July 20 to August 20.
New Zealand accounting technology company Xero announced today in a statement that it will give away 5,000 free tickets for the match between Spain and Costa Rica on July 21 in the city of Wellington, and another of a similar value for the game that the Spanish team will play five days later, against Zambia, in the city of Auckland.
Also, another 10,000 free tickets will be handed out for matches between the Philippines and Switzerland, on July 21 in the city of Dunedin, and Zambia and Japan, the next day in the city of Hamilton, the business source added in email. sent to EFE.
“Having access to these tickets means more people have the chance to be inspired by these footballers and hopefully we can grow the game locally in our football clubs across the country,” said Head of Operations and Brand of Xero, Valerie Walshe .
For his part, FIFA’s executive director for the Australia-New Zealand FIFA World Cup, Dave Beeche, said in a statement that with 1.25 million tickets sold, this international tournament “aims to be the sporting event that has the highest assisted female player in history. .
However, out of a total of more than 1.25 million tickets sold, only 320,000 were matched in New Zealand, where only six of the 29 matches held in that country will fill the stadiums, the ‘New Zealand Herald’ newspaper published today .
The former prime minister turned around
To encourage her countrymen to attend this show, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, published today on her Instagram account, which has more than 1.7 million followers, that they bought tickets to the World Cup.
“My content will dominate a lot of football conversation over the next few weeks, not because I’m an expert, but because I’m excited that New Zealand will host such an event, full of incredible teams and athletes. from around the world. world,” Ardern said.
The Women’s Soccer World Cup, which will feature 32 teams, will begin with a match in New Zealand between that country’s selection, called ‘Fern’, against Norway in Auckland, followed by a clash between the ‘Matildas ‘ from Australia. and the Irish women in the Australian city of Sydney.
Source: La Verdad
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