Croatian fans started massively arriving in Sochi for the 2018 World Cup quarterfinal match

The quarter-final Russia – Croatia will be held on July 7 in Sochi, the beginning – 21:00 Moscow time. It is expected that several thousand Croatian fans will go to the match, for which several Zagreb charters are organized. Russian footballers arrived in the city Thursday, Croatia Monday

According to the airport, the first plane from Zagreb arrived Saturday at 4:03. Early in the morning, two more flights are planned, two in the afternoon.

In the morning, several hundred fans arrived in Sochi. Many of them wear T-shirts in a red and white cage reminiscent of the shape of the national team, some already at the exit of the airport have deployed the Flags of Croatia. The fans started singing songs already in the terminal. They said that they arrived in Sochi with the hope of winning their team.

"We came to the game today, and this is the first game we are going to visit at the championship.We want our team to win.Also, of course, the atmosphere on the game is important, "- said in an interview with the correspondent. TASS The Croatian fan Ivo Dovovak

The World Cup takes place from June 14 to July 15 in 11 Russian cities. The Russia-Croatia meeting will be the last for the "Fisht" football stadium as part of the tournament. Sochi has already hosted the matches of the group stage Spain – Portugal (3: 3), Belgium – Panama (3: 0), Germany – Sweden (2: 1), Peru – Australia (2: 0), as well as the final 1/8 Uruguay – Portugal (2: 1).