Regardless of the night and cold weather in Hanoi, a large number of fans were still present at My Dinh Stadium waiting for the ticket sales to open for the second leg of the AFF Cup 2016 semi-final.
Regardless of the night and cold weather in Hanoi, a large number of fans were still present at My Dinh Stadium waiting for the ticket sales to open for the second leg of the AFF Cup 2016 semi-final.
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At 6am this morning, an hour before tickets for the Vietnam - Indonesia match went on sale, the line of fans in front of My Dinh Stadium was more than a kilometer long. |
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This old lady who lives near My Dinh Stadium said she also lined up with her children and grandchildren at home since 3am. |
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This group of students from Hanoi University of Transport were among the first to enter the stadium to buy tickets, because they lined up in front of the ticket window since 9:00 p.m. yesterday, December 2. |
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The night and the cold early morning did not diminish the love and excitement that fans had for the team and the second leg of the AFF Cup 2016 semi-final. |
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This father brought his son along to wait in line to buy tickets. He covered the child with a thick blanket and dressed him warmly to protect him from the cold and frost in the early morning. |
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Blankets and mats left on the sidewalk after a night of giving support to fans waiting in line. |
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Many fans took the opportunity to have a snack before buying tickets. |
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Others were given breakfast by relatives nearby. |
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This group of sisters brought chairs, snacks, drinks and knitting tools to kill time while waiting. |
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Vietnam team played three matches, won all three, ranked first in Group B of AFF Cup 2016, creating great trust and anticipation for fans. |
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To meet the fans’ demands, many spontaneous parking lots have sprung up at both ends of the stadium. The price for cars parked last night was 70,000 VND. The price for cars parked early this morning was 50,000 VND. |
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The chaos started when the ticket sales opened. |
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As the sky grew brighter, more and more people poured in, forcing security to work hard to ensure order. |
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People jostle each other little by little... |
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...to proceed to the ticket gates. |
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The organizers distributed tickets at the entrances in batches of 10 people each, one person gets one ticket, each ticket can buy four tickets. Tickets have four original denominations, including 150,000 VND, 250,000 VND, 300,000 VND and 400,000 VND per ticket, depending on each area of the My Dinh stadium. |
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Vo Van Hung from Do Luong, Nghe An started his journey to Hanoi at 8pm yesterday and arrived at My Dinh at 3am. "I, like many other fans, are eager to buy tickets to go into the stadium to cheer for the Vietnamese team. Waiting in line like this is hard, but it's also fun, fun because we're about to see our players compete," said this fan. He also praised the way the Vietnam Football Federation organized and professionally sold tickets on this occasion. |
According to VNE