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Wide of Soccer City stadium2. Wide of FIFA news conference3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Maingot, FIFA spokesman:\"Coming back to the game in PE (Port Elizabeth), we said yesterday, in this very room, that there were three thousand...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of Soccer City stadium\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of FIFA news conference\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Maingot, FIFA spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Coming back to the game in PE (Port Elizabeth), we said yesterday, in this very room, that there were three thousand tickets left - we mentioned that. But obviously the number of empty seats was higher than that, so clearly some people did not turn up - I will not come back to the explanation which I gave before which was quite clear. But in terms of transportation, what we did - and I think that also answers your second question somehow - for those group 'A's we were proactive, and we were proactive in terms of transportation. Basically, we asked for a system to be put in place, of buses of transportation, which we actually financed, for bringing these people to the stadium. Apparently, that has not completely worked.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of journalist with laptop\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Maingot, FIFA spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e(Off camera question: \"Does that mean there are ticket holders who have been unable to get to the game?\")\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes. Seemingly yes, that's the first results of our investigation, so to say, yes. \"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Maingot, FIFA spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"FIFA is supporting Al-Jazeera in trying to locate the source of the interference in the broadcast of the 2010 World Cup. FIFA is appalled by any action to try to stop Al-Jazeera's authorised transmissions of the FIFA World Cup, as such actions deprive football fans from enjoying the world game in the region. This is not acceptable to FIFA.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up of World Cup ball on desk\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Maingot, FIFA spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Adidas has been long-standing partner of FIFA, they are very experienced company when it comes to sports equipment, as they have been working on this ball as much as they've been working, or even more as they have for the others. That ball has been tested, has been approved and is now being used for this World Cup. Any other comments from a pure technical standpoint - honestly, I am not able to do that.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. End of news conference\u003cbr/\u003eFIFA said on Sunday that it would investigate it's transport and ticket distribution systems after a large number of 'no shows' at the World Cup match between South Korea and Greece.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least 8,000 seat-holders failed to attend the match in Port Elizabeth.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly 31,513 people attended South Korea's 2-0 victory on Saturday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, which holds 42,486 spectators for World Cup games.\u003cbr/\u003eFIFA had said just 3,000 tickets were available on the morning of the match.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It looked like a lot of people did not show up at the stadium. We are investigating this,\" FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot said on Sunday at news conference in Johannesburg.\u003cbr/\u003eThe problem appeared to occur for a second straight day on Sunday, as another match between two of the tournament's less glamorous sides - Algeria and Slovenia - kicked off in Polokwane with about one-third of seats empty.\u003cbr/\u003eBefore the tournament, FIFA aimed to ensure full stadiums by offering cut-price tickets for matches which proved less attractive to fans in the worldwide sales process.\u003cbr/\u003eHost cities were offered group deals to allocate seats among local businesses and public service workers.\u003cbr/\u003eMaingot said FIFA helped pay for bus transport to bring South African fans to the lower-demand games.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have been pro-active on that, and we asked for a system to be put in place. Apparently, that has not completely worked,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003eFIFA said on Sunday that 700 unsold tickets were available hours before Algeria and Slovenia played in the 41,733-capacity Peter Mokaba Stadium.\u003cbr/\u003eTransport has been a difficult issue in the early days of a World Cup that is proving a popular success with host nation fans and visitors.\u003cbr/\u003eOrganising committee officials experienced what they called \"challenges\" getting 84,490 fans to a sold-out Soccer City in Johannesburg on Friday for the opening ceremony and South Africa's first match against Mexico.\u003cbr/\u003eWorld Cup and city officials were working on Sunday to create a more efficient transport plan before the stadium hosts the well-supported Netherlands playing Denmark in Monday's lunchtime kick-off.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, the mystery over why satellite viewers across the Middle East were unable to watch the first half of Al-Jazeera's broadcast of Friday's opening World Cup match was also raised at the news conference.\u003cbr/\u003eAl-Jazeera has alleged that its broadcast of the game between hosts South Africa and Group A opponents Mexico was jammed.\u003cbr/\u003eThe disruption affected viewers across the Middle East region.\u003cbr/\u003e\"FIFA is supporting Al-Jazeera in trying to locate the source of the interference in the broadcast of the 2010 World Cup,\" said Maingot. \u003cbr/\u003e\"FIFA is appalled by any action to try to stop Al-Jazeera's authorised transmissions of the FIFA World Cup, as such actions deprive football fans from enjoying the world game in the region. This is not acceptable to FIFA.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe spokesman also touched on another point of controversy, the official World Cup ball, which was thrown into the spotlight after a blunder by England goalkeeper Rob Green allowed the USA to equalise in their Group C opener.\u003cbr/\u003eGreen fumbled Clint Dempsey's low 25-metre (yard) shot into the goal, leaving England with one point heading into Friday's second Group C match against Algeria.\u003cbr/\u003eSeveral goalkeepers playing in the tournament have criticised the ball.\u003cbr/\u003eMaingot defended the ball, which was manufactured by the sports giant Adidas.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They are very experienced company when it comes to sports equipment, as they have been working on this ball as much as they've been working, or even more as they have for the others. 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