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With the World Cup officially underway, there have been seemingly endless reports of the problems that have been popping up on the ground in Qatar.
From the last-minute reversal of its beer policy to the fan zone accommodations to the first goal of the tournament being controversially disallowed to Fox predictably ignoring all of the off-the-field issues during their broadcast, the World Cup is playing out exactly how everyone thought it would.
The latest example of the chaos unfolding in Qatar is new reports that the FIFA ticket app crashed on Monday, leaving fans from around the world stuck outside of the stadium, struggling to get in.
An organizer of an American fan group confirmed to ESPN that tickets on the FIFA ticketing app, which fans planned to use to enter the stadium, “disappeared” from accounts, and also left fans unable to transfer tickets to individuals with whom they planned to attend the U.S. men’s national team’s match against Wales, set to kick off at 10 p.m. local time.
Fans encountering problems were instructed to go to the Doha Exhibition & Convention Center in the West Bay section of Doha. A line of approximately 500 fans was seen outside the building, with fans increasingly worried that they would be unable to attend the match. [via ESPN]
Huge number of fans struggling to get into England’s game because FIFA ticket app has crashed. pic.twitter.com/lJDpBH3j3x
— Matt Lawton (@Lawton_Times) November 21, 2022
The United States Men’s National Team will play its first World Cup match on Monday against the Wales National Team at 2 p.m. EST. Their second match will then come against England, who steamrolled Iran on Monday morning, on Friday. The USMNT’s final World Cup group stage match will then take place on Tuesday, November 29.