‘Tickets are very expensive’: Mexican president Sheinbaum explains why she did not attend World Cup opener | World Cup

The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, explained on Friday why she was absent from the Azteca Stadium during Mexico’s opening match with South Africa, saying that tickets to the match were unaffordable for most Mexicans and that she had given her ticket to a young female soccer fan.

“Stadium tickets are very expensive,” Sheinbaum said during her daily morning news conference. “As…