The article shows “Tickets for nearly two-thirds of the World Cup matches were sold out within hours of FIFA opening the final online sales phase on Tuesday”. This shows a number of fans in the world pay attention to world cup games and they are expecting world cup games. The article also shows “FIFA said 126,837 tickets were requested within the first four hours. Football’s governing body had put nearly 200,000 tickets on sale on a first-come, first-serve basis in this last phase”. Since media and internet has been developed so many fans in the world could enjoy the game through high quality television or computer screen. This is also important to players because they can show their performance to international fans so they might have change to play in foreign leagues in the future.
http://www.espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1786774/tickets-two-thirds-world-cup-games-sold-out?cc=5901