The Matildas need their FIFA Women’s World Cup opening match in opposition to Ireland shifted to Stadium Australia to make sure a much bigger crowd.
The July 20 match is scheduled to be performed on the Sydney Football Stadium, which has a capability of 45,000.
However, with reviews of FIFA contemplating transferring the match such has been the demand for tickets, the Matildas are hopeful the sport will as an alternative be performed at Stadium Australia, which may maintain 83,500 individuals.
“We would be in favour of any decision to move the Matildas’ first group stage game against Ireland from the Sydney Football Stadium to the 83,500 capacity Stadium Australia and fill the stadium with green and gold and provide our team with the perfect start to their FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign,” a Football Australia spokesman stated.
“Our Matildas are deservedly the pride and joy of Australian sport, and it would be befitting and deserving of their standing in the Australian and global landscape to play in front of 80,000-plus fans on such a historic occasion.
“There has been unprecedented demand for tickets to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and heightened interest in the Matildas, who are now the equal fourth most popular Australian national team.
“Over the course of 2023, we expect them to become the third most popular team in Australia, overtaking the Wallabies and the Kangaroos, with only the Australian men’s cricket ream and the Socceroos ahead in favouritism.”
This yr’s Women’s World Cup, which is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, has already generated nice curiosity, with extra tickets bought within the first six weeks of their availability than the quantity bought within the first six months tickets had been on sale for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.
The Matildas’ World Cup preparations are set to proceed in NSW subsequent month, with an anticipated announcement on Thursday a couple of four-team Cup of Nations mini-tournament involving Australia and most certainly the Czech Republic, Spain and Jamaica.
