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SINGAPORE – It was touted as an enticing rematch of the Europa League semifinal last season, but Thursday's (July 26) match between Arsenal and Atlético de Madrid struggled to attract the paying public. Of the 23,095, 23,095 showed up at the national stadium for the first leg match of the Singapore International Football Cup (ICC) this year. It has been the weakest since the Republic started hosting the tournament last year.
The opening match of last year between Chelsea and Bayern Munich on Tuesday night drew 48,522 spectators.
The other ICC games here, Bayern-Inter Milan and Inter-Chelsea, had 23,388 and 32,547, respectively. The low attendance was probably due to notorious absences, note the supporters.
Full-time national soldier Amanpreet Singh, 22, had assumed that the national stadium would be full and had requested a leave so that it could be punctual The Arsenal fan said: "It is disappointing to see so many empty seats, I personally expected more because of the caliber of the teams here, Arsenal, in particular, brought a very strong team. "
Atletico did not take his World Cup winners in France, Antoine Griezmann, Thomas Lemar, Lucas Hernandez and other big names like the Spanish Diego Costa and Koke and the Uruguayan Diego Godin.
The third team here, Paris Saint-Germain, skipped Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, two of their team's most brilliant talents
28-year-old executive director Jerome Setho thought matches could be played this weekend. "I think it's quite annoying when there are so many empty seats, Once again for a preseason game, we do not expect much anyway, "he said. "
Maybe the organizers could extend the matches on Friday, Saturday and Sunday."
Despite the presence of many Gunners fans dressed in the colors of their team, the atmosphere was also a little muted.
The loudest cheers of the night came from no action on the ground, but when Arsenal Mesut Ozil's image appeared on the stadium screens. German was not on the ground.
Amanpreet was always satisfied with the quality displayed.
He said: "Both parties tried to play an attractive style and did not take the game lightly, which allowed a good visualization."
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