PHILADELPHIA — Brazil’s 3-0 World Cup win over Haiti on Friday was nice but hardly the highlight of the day for Arthur Ajoujo and Maria Flora.

The two are avid soccer fans from São Geraldo, Brazil, and their tickets for the match at Philadelphia Stadium cost about $1,000 apiece. But before entering the stadium, Ajoujo had far more on his mind than just soccer.

For two years, Ajoujo had an idea in his head. And at 4:46 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, before the start of the 8:30 p.m. game, he got down on one knee outside the stadium and proposed to Flora.

“I was so surprised,’’ she said. “I had no idea. I’m so excited.”

By the way, she accepted.

“We have been together for nine years and I have been planning this for two years,’’ he said. “I’m so happy to be here and so happy to get married. I really love her.”

When Ajoujo was seen proposing to Flora, a crowd of Brazilians, just about all wearing yellow and green gear to support their beloved team, gathered around and cheered loudly.

As it turned out, they had plenty more to cheer for on the day.

Brazil cruised to the win in Group C, before 68,324 fans, scoring all its goals in the first half. The win made up for a 1-1 tie to Morocco on June 13 in East Rutherford, N.J., to open the tournament for Brazil.

“It’s a good win,’’ said Lucas Varellos, 35, standing by the concession stand to order yet another beer as the final minutes ticked off. “And we love a good party.”

Varellos, who is from Rio de Janeiro and now lives in London, estimated he was enjoying his eighth beer of the night while the friend he was with, Richard Silva, 45, of Santos, Brazil, had about seven at that point.

Beer prices for the World Cup at Philadelphia Stadium, which is called Lincoln Financial Field when the Eagles play there, are $18.58. But what the heck? Varellos paid about $1,000 for his ticket. What’s another $150 or so for beer?

Fans are passionate about soccer from a nation that has won five World Cups, more than anyone else. The national jerseys have on them five stars to commemorate that. But Brazil hasn’t won it all since 2002.

“We have high expectations,’’ Varellos said. “We can’t have low expectations because we have the highest number of World Cup victories. Anything less than winning a World Cup is failure even if we lose in the final.”

Brazil fans are also passionate about having a good time. Five hours before Friday’s match, there were thousands outside the stadium partying.

Windson Lins, 43, who is from Recife, Brazil, and now lives in Montreal, brought his guitar and was preparing to entertain onlookers with some Brazilian songs. He planned to return his guitar before the game to his car, which he had parked for $125. His ticket put him back $800.

“That’s like four times more than the previous World Cup,’’ said Lins, who had friends attend the event in Qatar in 2022 and pay $200 apiece. “It’s the most expensive World Cup. But I’m like a 10-out-of-10 Brazil fan.

“In Brazil, the first gift that we ever receive is a soccer ball from our parents as a baby. Maybe only one out of a hundred people in Brazil aren’t soccer fans.”

At least Halison Teixera and his three friends only had to pay $500 apiece for their tickets. Teixera first went to the FIFA website April 1, when some tickets were released, and spent three weeks each day trying to get tickets at a price he was willing to pay. Finally, he had success on April 22.

Teixera, 39, is originally from Espirito Santo, Brazil, but has lived in Wilmington, N.C., the past decade. He showed up Friday wearing a big yellow and green wig with his face also painted in those colors.

“Just go on Amazon and it’s $10 for Brazil hair,’’ he said.

If you want to buy a FIFA World Cup trophy replica, one can go to Amazon and pay anywhere from $23.99 for a low-end model or $199.99 for a top-of-the-line one.

Or one can look up Myrel Costa, 41, who lives in Strongsville, Ohio, and is originally from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She makes plastic World Cup trophies at her home and sells a big one for $35 and a smaller one for $25.

Costa and her husband, Gabriel Costa, 49, had three of the trophies with them before Friday’s match. They passed them around to fans for photo opportunities.

It would take a lot of trophy sales, though, to pay for what the Costas spent on their World Cup tickets. They brought with them their son, Victor, 12. Tickets for the three were $1,500 apiece for a total price of $4,500.

“When the World Cup was in Brazil (in 2014), we weren’t able to go,’’ said Gabriel Costa, then living with his family in Belo Horizonte. “We made a promise four years ago that we were going to go the World Cup.”

Myrel Costa called it “amazing energy” just being able to experience the event. But just as she was handing over a trophy for a photo opportunity before the game, a group of Haitian fans temporarily drowned out the noise of Brazilians marching by and playing musical instruments.

On Friday, the crowd at the game looked to be about 80% for Brazil, but there were several sections populated by Haitian fans. And while they were greatly outnumbered, they did their best to make noise.

“Haitians take pride in our country,’’ said Gardy Excellent. “I’ve got my bell and my whistle. We’ve got the spirit. Haitians always have the spirit.”

Excellent, 72, is originally from Haiti but has lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., since 1979. Before Friday, he was on the scene for Haiti’s 1-0 loss to Scotland on June 13 in Foxborough, Mass. He will be in Atlanta on Wednesday when Haiti, which has been eliminated from advancing in its first World Cup since 1974, will conclude play against Morocco.

But Excellent will return home not seeing any goals, corner kicks or anyone booting a ball.

“I am traveling to all the games, but I don’t have tickets,’’ he said. “I come to party, but I’m doing my civic duty in representing Haiti.”

Michael Dorenard, 39, flew in from Miragoane, Haiti, along with his wife to see Friday’s match. The two spent $1,300 apiece for airline tickets and $900 apiece for tickets.

“It is worth it just to see my country,’’ he said.

For some without a rooting interest, though, there was no need to buy a ticket. After all, the party outside the stadium before the game was free.

Three friends from Philadelphia showed up some 5 hours before the game and brought plenty of beer. But a few hours later it was gone and they needed to find some more.

“I love the culture here,’’ Andrew, 23, who didn’t want to give his last name, said while wearing a Team USA Christian Pulisic jersey. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be here.”

His friend, also named Andrew, agreed.

“Tailgating is free, so why not?’’ said Andrew, 28. “The World Cup hasn’t happened in America since (1994) and even than Philadelphia was not a host city.”

Gab Stevenson, 29, of Philadelphia, took part in the pregame festivities and also attended the match. She said she got free tickets for all six World Cup games in the city but wouldn’t reveal how she did so.

Stevenson arrived wearing a Team USA jersey. But then she pulled it up reveal a Brazil jersey underneath it.

“I grew up as a little girl wanting to play in the World Cup,’’ she said. “I’ve played soccer all my life. This is very exciting.”

Stevenson, a nurse, has spent time in Brazil, speaks Portuguese and plays soccer with a number of Brazilians in Philadelphia. So she was happy about Friday’s result.

Much less happy was Olson Desir, a native of Haiti who has lived in Toronto the past 20 years. He paid $922 to sit in the last row of the stadium.

“I am very, very disappointed,’’ Desir said when Haiti fell behind 2-0.

When Brazil added another goal, Desir added another “very.”

“I am very, very, very disappointed,’’ he said.

When it was all over, Haiti’s fans quietly filed out of the stadium. Many Brazilian fans stuck around to celebrate, with plenty of Brazilian music blasting out of speakers.

“It was amazing,’’ said Monique Rath, 41, who is from Santos, Brazil, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. “It was great after the tie in the last game. We needed the points to keep going. This was awesome.”

On the field, forward Matheus Cunha had a great day, scoring two goals for Brazil. Off the field, perhaps nobody had a better day than Ajoujo and Flora.