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FIFA WWC: Crowd concern long forgotten as football flexes its global muscles

They may not admit it but even local organisers – and probably a few people at FIFA HQ – would have been nervous about the possibility of not getting enough punters through the gates and having half-empty stadiums beamed to more than 1 billion people around the world. Nobody should have worried; in typical fashion Kiwis have jumped on board late, and many fans have travelled from overseas. Put simply, football has flexed its global muscles.