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The pleasure of our World Cup has been considerable from day one. A whole month of continuous positive, of which
It's a pity that everything ends
And –
Now, it's time to look back, to remember each day and once again survive the tournament. Without strong emotions, but with a sense of calm, joy and gratitude for what was happening in our cities. Summing up the World Cup is serious business, you have to cool off a bit. But even in the pursuit, it's clear: everything was very cool.
During the championship, I worked in Moscow, Petersburg,
ORGANIZATION. VISIT FM!
A good organization is when everything works to think only about football. Not on how to go from point A to point B, not on the queues at the entrance or exit, not on the stupid volunteers. And just about the game and the things that surround it.
During the tournament organizers I once remembered – when I was shaking with Uruguayan fans in a stuffy pizzy on the way to the Samara station at the stadium. For about an hour, people were rolling in the heat of thirty degrees. Crowds of fans stormed the stop – the transport was clearly not enough for everyone. But nevertheless, before the arena in the end, everything has had. Left and not in the most comfortable conditions
In the rest – without censorship. The stadiums are excellent, the lawn is excellent, the renovation is complete, they were launched and released quickly, they were inspected properly, the beer and water were sold everywhere, the volunteers showed the way. "Almost" – because some flights are still late, but that, unfortunately, happens less busy days.
But considering the luxurious gift that Aeroflot gave fans (tickets for 5 rubles) and RZD (free trains), a few hours late – not the biggest problem.
Trains are usually one of the main impressions of the championship. Multi-national gatherings in dining cars
ATMOSPHERE. SELFI WITH MAYOR OF COMRADE
It seems that the world needed football, so everyone finally admitted to love Russia. About this wonderful country, and, first of all, what kind of emotional people, I've heard almost every day – Brazilians and Peruvians, Swedes and Danes, Mexicans and Serbs . And English. I remember a dialogue with an old english fan from Portsmouth to Nizhny Novgorod. We were in the evening on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, his compatriots were still training as an anthem "fans of England in Russia", and he almost cried when he recounted his impressions of visiting Volgograd and Mamayev Kurgan. A person really had a lump in the throat. In the end, he says the sacramental "We are allies, we fought together!"
And I do not know what is more beautiful here: the praises themselves, the affection of Russians who love so much when they are praised or the sincere desire of strangers compliments. A couple of times it was even uncomfortable, I meant: "My friend, what you like here is great, do not tell me what a great Russia!" But why annoy people, right? Let's listen now
Now everyone is kidding with the latest plan of foreign fans, the atmosphere of universal unity will disappear, people will again become dark, and the police – brutal. And selfie with a major colleague just is not going to do it.
Perhaps
But it's quite normal when after long holidays you go to work and behave differently
FOOTBALL. BELGIUM – WHITE CROW
About 2018 World Cup football trends, we must write a separate large study. I'm sure the tactical experts will find a lot of interesting things. I would not say that this World Cup will remember the phenomenal quality of the game. There were many surprises, unexpected turns too. But such a game that the mind captures? Well, Spain with Portugal in the first game. Maybe France is Argentina. Probably, Belgium is Japan. However, the Belgians tried to create in every game.
But in general
But were there many other teams at this championship, whose matches would like to be reviewed?
RUSSIA. COSMOS
1st of July. Moscow. The stadium Luzhniki Spain – Russia – 1: 1, a penalty – 3: 4. The joy of the team: Russia – in the quarterfinals
Is this Russia
But I can not evaluate our team objectively, and I do not want to do it now, because I bring the subjective result of the championship. And in the ranking of the main events of the 2018 World Cup, the performance of our national team is first and foremost for me.
Win 5: 0 in the first match – yes.
Get out of the group – yes.
Beat Spain in 1/8 – Yes.
To bring about a football boom in the country – yes
To go out the toughest quarter-final with Croatia in overtime – yes
To make us cry and be proud – yes
after the match against Croatia in Sochi, I have never lived. I have no doubt that not only me. Stress, disappointment, hope, joy, shock, devastation are
. Which (and I have included) before the tournament has been seriously criticized.
Thank you again to this team. For the fact that at the world championship home, it was the most important event.
Dmitry ZELENOV.
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