With Qatar hosting the World Cup for the first time, it's not hard to find plenty of empty seats for each match, but what's rather strange is that the official announcement of the number of attendees is even more than the number of seats in the stadium.
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The opening match of the tournament, for example, was staged at the Albert Stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 60,000 people, but according to official figures, 67,000 people entered the stadium to enjoy the event.
A similar situation occurred in the Netherlands v Senegal game, where the two teams met at the Stade Toumama with a seating capacity of 40,000, but officials claimed there were nearly 42,000 spectators.
The announcement of the attendance figures was immediately criticized, with some suggesting that Qatar had deliberately inflated the number of fans attending the stadium in order to create a packed house.
