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The President of the International Football Federation # Gianni_Inventino confirmed that he felt like a child in a toy store, praising the good organization of Russia for the 2018 World Cup and the smiling Russian police on the red square of Moscow.
"We have all been in love with Russia, we have been here for a while and we have discovered a country we did not know," he said at a Kremlin meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. .
"We meet people on the streets and admire Moscow with its astonishing beauty, which shows that all the fears that some have tried to generate with this World Cup are not only realized, but we found the opposite."
"It's a new image of Russia, I have the impression of being a kid in a toy store," he said in front of stars like Lothar Matthaus, the Dutchman Marco Van Basten and the Uruguayan Diego Forlan.
The World Cup is under tension between Russia and Western countries in the context of several issues such as the conflict in Ukraine and Syria.
For his part, Putin said that "many stereotypes about Russia have collapsed". That Russia is a hospitable country and friendly to its visitors. "
The organization and security were unanimous following the World Cup. Russia's success in these two areas was a sporting success as the national team reached the quarter-finals by beating Spain in the 2010 finals (4-3 on penalties) , 1-0 as a bonus).
Russia will meet Croatia in the quarter-finals on Saturday in Sochi.
Infantino said that Russia "has become a real football nation … The infection of the football virus has spread to the body of every Russian citizen across the country."
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