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Don’t Give Up (Yet) on Getting World Cup Tickets
Free for me, but not for thee.
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Less than 60 days before the start of the World Cup, I am already panicking: All my attempts to get tickets to see Argentina and Lionel Messi at football’s greatest tournament have failed miserably.
I struck out in last year’s presale draw. I had no luck in February’s “random selection” window either. And when the last-minute sales phase opened earlier this month, I couldn’t even get into the ticket portal of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) despite logging in an hour early on three different devices (I blame its recurring tech disasters for that one).