53,586, an impressive record for the number of fans in a match

Yesterday, the Merkur Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf set a new attendance record for an official European Championship match: 53,586 spectators for the match between the German host team and Switzerland. Before the match between France and Macedonia (39-29), Who revived the atmosphere and cooperated with the opening ceremony to reach this number. Until now, a capacity of 50,000 spectators has never been achieved before, but modern football stadiums in Europe have become multi-purpose spaces for other sports and allow a large number of fans to gather. Naturally, the match itself will not go on a positive record, as Germany won 27 and Switzerland 14, which spent 22 minutes of the second half with only two goals.

For Germany, this record is a testament to the strength of its handball, which also organizes the fourth final of the Champions League for clubs in Cologne, with full houses accommodating 21,000 spectators on both days (semi-final and final). Since ticket sales take place more than two months in advance, sometimes there is no German representation among the selected four.

This record has been achieved through the fantastic work of the German Football Association, which, with enough time, has promoted a national and international campaign to enjoy the matches and for every fan to feel as if they are participating in a historic day in which intense work has been done over the past two weeks so that nothing is missing. A detail that could be a criticism of the organisation, with giant screens in the event that those sitting in positions furthest from the track do not get an acceptable view.

For Paco Blasquez, president of the Spanish Federation, who promised that in 2028, at the European Championships in Spain and Portugal, the world spectator record would be broken, the Germans put him in a complicated position, and even more so with the audience references in Spain: almost 12,000 spectators. In the match between Atlético Madrid and Barcelona in the Festalegre, and nearly 13,000 spectators in the friendly match between Spain and France in the WiZink Center are his most notable records.

The possibilities to consider crushing the brand are to terminate the contract with Real Madrid and use the Santiago Bernabéu, which in January appears to be the only possible scenario to respond to the Germans..

Today the European Championship is back to normal, because in the stadiums in Berlin (Mercedes-Benz Arena, 12,230 spectators), Mannheim (SABB Arena, 13,200 spectators) and Munich (Olympiahalle, 12,500 spectators) the capacity is more common in the German competition.