New Delhi, June 15 -- A football fan in the US has gone to extraordinary lengths to attend the FIFA World Cup final, giving up luxury travel plans and spending nearly $11,000 (around Rs.9 lakh) on a single match ticket.

According to a first-person account published by Business Insider, the fan purchased a Category 3 ticket for the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium after repeatedly missing out on FIFA's ticket lottery system.

The ticket cost $10,925 - an amount he said was equivalent to almost four months of his salary at the time.

Despite describing FIFA's ticket pricing as excessive, he ultimately decided that attending football's biggest match was an opportunity he could not pass up.

"I think FIFA has gone way overboard with pricin...