Organisers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are allowing supporters in for free after kick-off in matches where stadiums are not full, a Confederation of African Football source told AFP.
The Group F game between Cameroon and Gabon on Wednesday in Agadir kicked off in front of almost empty stands but the ground filled up significantly over the course of the first half despite incessant rain.
The official attendance was later announced as 35,200 inside a venue which can hold over 45,000.
There have been similar scenes at numerous matches across the opening days of the competition, even leading to confusion over the attendance figures themselves.
The crowd at Tuesday’s Group D encounter between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Benin at Rabat’s Al Medina Stadium — which filled up considerably over the course of the game — was initially announced as 6,703 before later being corrected to
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