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Fans on best behaviour at Super Cup spectator 'pilot run'

September 24, 2020 Sevilla fans inside the stadium during the match Pool via REUTERS

The European Super Cup game between Bayern Munich and Sevilla in Budapest passed off smoothly on Thursday as UEFA used it as a trial run to see if the world’s most popular sport can be played in front of live audiences once again.

Fans began to arrive hours before the match, the first major European club competition game to allow them since soccer returned amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and 60 minutes before kickoff the crowds at the Puskas Stadium were building.

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