Ouch.Only something extraordinary on the field of play would divert from the biggest story surrounding this game: the paltry crowd. That something did not arrive; this was drab, dire stuff.
No more than a bus-load of Northern Ireland fans – around 50 – a tiny pocket of those following Wales – thought to number 161 – and a few intrigued neutrals completed a crowd reported as 529.
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