The ticket sales website for the match between the Ecuador and Argentina teams, corresponding to the last day of the South American qualifying qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, collapsed this Monday shortly after it was launched.
The large influx of buyers in a short period of time left the system momentarily inoperative, so the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) had to issue a statement to apologize for the technical problems and announce that the sale will resume once those problems are solved.
The match is scheduled to be played on March 29 at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil, and the Tricolor fans hope to celebrate the classification for the next World Cup in that match.
Located in a comfortable third place with 25 points, the Ecuadorian team could even reach the meeting with Argentina with its direct quota guaranteed for Qatar 2022 if it wins in the previous meeting with Paraguay in Asunción.
In principle, the match between the Tri and the Albiceleste will be played with a capacity of 75% of the capacity of the Monumental de Guayaquil, which is equivalent to approximately 43,000 spectators.
This was requested to the national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) by the Ecuadorian Federation, which hopes to be able to close the qualifiers with the highest public attendance since the start of the covid-19 pandemic.
The director of Competitions of the FEF, William Poveda, announced on Thursday that the local COE has already given its authorization for 75% of the Monumental seats to be occupied, except in the general stands, where the capacity will be 60%.
