The Russian national team met the fans, the World Cup semi-finalists prepare for the decisive matches

At the beginning of the event on the observation deck gathered more than 24 thousand people. The first in front of the public was the head coach of the national team Stanislav Cherchesov, he thanked all those who were sick for the national team, who felt the support from the first seconds of the championship . "You were 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 players of the national team," said Cherchesov. He pointed out that at the next World Cup without such support, the team will be difficult, but promised that the team in Qatar will be even better.

Then with words of gratitude to the fans turned to the players. Team goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev said that the team played with the heart and soul, Alexander Golovin admitted that the emotions received in this championship will remain in his heart for life . For Denis Cheryshev after the end of his speech at the World Championships, the bottom line is that the whole country has appreciated. Born in Brazil, Mario Fernandez thanked the fans in Russian: "Thank you, Russia," Alan Dzagoev – vociferating "Russia, before."

The fans warmly greeted Alexander Samedov, who finished the performance for the national team, as well as Sergei Ignashevich The Croatians have become the last in the career. The barrage of applause was foiled by Artem Dzyuba: "We play with our heart for our country, we proved to everyone that we are a country of football, thank you very much!"

Croatians prepare to stop Kane

Semi-finalists continue preparations for decisive games. The Croatian national team, which became the last semi-finalist, flew to Moscow for a match with the British. With the reporters, head coach Zlatko Dalich spoke. The theme of the leader of the English national team, Harry Kane, was hit by six balls

"Kane is a real striker, he is a great world champion.But we have guys who can stop n & # No matter who, once we have already neutralized Lionel Messi, I think that Chorluk and Vida have a lot of experience, they can close Kane, "said Dalich.

The Belgians organized another training session at the Guchkovo base in Dedovsk, near Moscow, after which defender Thomas Vermaelen spoke to reporters. "We are waiting for a very difficult match because we are playing against one of the favorites of this tournament, at the same time we have a common goal with the French, we are striving to reach the highest level. ambitions of the Belgian national football team are much higher than those of the semifinal, we will do our best to win, "he said.