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According to the latest announcement, tickets for away team fans have been reduced to 70 and transferred directly to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for distribution.
In the first leg of the AFF Cup 2024 semi-final against Singapore, the Vietnamese team played on the Jalan Besar artificial turf field with a rather modest capacity of only about 6,000 seats.
Football fever is back in Singapore and tickets are selling out quickly, forcing many people to turn to the black market to watch this top match live.
Initially, the Singapore Football Federation planned to reserve about 300 tickets for the away team. However, the tickets for Vietnam fans were later reduced to 70 and were not sold directly at Jalan Besar Stadium but transferred to the VFF for distribution.
Currently, VFF is supporting the connection for 2 fan clubs in Vietnam (including Northern Fan Club - VFS and Vietnam Golden Star - VGS) to register to buy the modest number of tickets mentioned above.
For Vietnamese fans who are working and living in Singapore or who follow the Vietnamese team to Singapore to cheer, VFF will not be able to intervene in ticket purchases.
Thus, the number of fans cheering for the Vietnamese team in the match at 8pm tonight, December 26, will be very low. In addition, the fans are also subject to very strict regulations from the Organizing Committee of the neighboring country. If they sit in the wrong place with Singaporean fans, Vietnamese fans will be asked to leave the stadium.
This decision of FAS not only disappointed Vietnamese fans but also surprised Singaporean media.
Because according to the regulations of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF), the home team will have to allocate 8% of the total number of tickets that the federation sells to away team fans.
Meanwhile, Jalan Besar Stadium - where the match between Vietnam and Singapore took place - has a capacity of about 6,000 people.
VN (synthesis)