The World Cup quarter-final between Morocco and Portugal kicked off in Qatar on Saturday – with thousands of seats still empty at the Al Thumama stadium.
Morocco are only the fourth African side ever to make it to the last eight of a World Cup and the Atlas Lions are looking to become the first from their continent in the tournament's history to play in a semi-final.
Fans travelled over in their thousands from Morocco for this match against Portugal and on websites reselling tickets over the past few days, this was the most sought-after of the four quarter-final clashes.
Nevertheless, at kick-off on Saturday, there were thousands of empty seats.
Throughout the first half, the stadium gradually began to fill up, although there were still big gaps in the stands with over half an hour gone.
The most likely cause for the delay in fans getting in is heavy traffic. With the distances fairly small in Qatar, many supporters have been travelling to games by Uber and that caused big jams ahead of this match.
In addition, the drop-off point for Uber and taxi services leaves fans with a fair walk to the stadium, as they have to cross a bridge and then go through security.
None of that should take too long, but when thousands of fans arrive at the same time, the whole process is slowed down.
By half-time, the stadium was around 85-90% full.
