As a sports psychologist raised in New York among football journalists, I’ve dissected the data: 62,149 spectators at Hard Rock Stadium witnessed Real Madrid’s narrow 1-0 win over Juventus—not a victory of skill, but of silence. While Bayern Munich sold out (63,587), this match felt like a ghost stadium. I ask: Was it tactical surrender? Or the quiet loneliness of underdogs? This isn’t about attendance—it’s about absence speaking louder than noise.