Low turnouts suggest Copa America struggling to excite fans

SALVADOR, Brazil: The Copa America's official song is titled"A Continent Vibrates" but if the strikingly low attendances at some matches are anything to go by, many in South America, especially in the host nation Brazil, seem wholly unenthused by the tournament.

The disappointing turnout continued a worrying trend for tournament organisers CONMEBOL after only 13,000 people made it into the Arena Gremio for Peru's goalless draw with Venezuela on Saturday in Porto Alegre. CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez admitted he was concerned about the low numbers but defended Brazil's organisation."Of course, it's worrying because you want lots of people to see the best players in the world in action, because South American players are the best in the world," Dominguez told reporters on Sunday.

High ticket prices could be keeping fans away. The dearest seats for the opener were 590 Brazilian reais , with tickets to the final costing a staggering 890 reais , just shy of the national minimum wage of 998 reais per month.

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