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Spain-Netherlands match with most empty seats

By Tales Azzoni
Published June 16, 2014 9:38pm ET
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Spain-Netherlands match with most empty seats
Ecuador fans sit between unoccupied seats during the group E World Cup soccer match between Switzerland and Ecuador at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) | Themba Hadebe

SAO PAULO (AP) — One of the World Cup’s most exciting games had the most empty seats in the first round of the tournament in Brazil.

More than 3,500 seats were empty when the Netherlands routed defending champion Spain 5-1 in the northeastern city of Salvador on Friday, according to FIFA’s match reports and its numbers on stadium capacities.

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