Closing of the World Cup. Brief information about the Luzhniki Stadium

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 14 with the match Russia – Saudi Arabia. The tournament will last a whole month, and will close with the final match on July 15, which will take place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

As is the tradition of the FIFA World Cup, a few minutes before the start of the final match there will be a closing ceremony, at which famous musicians and singers will perform. DJ Nicky Jam, singer Era Istrefi and actor and musician Will Smith will perform the official anthem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, called “Live It Up”.

After the closing ceremony, the chief referee of the match will bring out two best teams tournament on the field, which will compete for victory in the 21st FIFA World Cup.

Brief information about the Luzhniki Stadium

The final decision on the venue for the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was made on December 14, 2012 after a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee in Tokyo (Japan). The Luzhniki Stadium was opened in 1956, and was mainly used to host matches of the USSR national football team, and later the Russian national team. Also, at different times he was home arena for Moscow football clubs such as Spartak, Torpedo and CSKA.

In 1980, Luzhniki hosted summer olympics. If we consider football competitions, the stadium hosted the UEFA Cup final in 1999 and the UEFA Champions League final in 2008.

At the 2018 World Cup, Luzhniki Stadium is the largest. Its capacity is 81,000 people. Moreover, this arena is the largest in Eastern Europe. In 2013, reconstruction of the stadium began, the cost of which amounted to € 350 million.

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For Russian team this will be the fourth game within this qualifying tournament. Let us remind you that in the previous three meetings, Russia “at the start” lost to Belgium with a score of 1:3, and then won two dry victories - over Kazakhstan (4:0) and over San Marino (9:0). Last victory was the largest for the entire existence of the Russian football team.

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* Venue of the match - Russia, Nizhny Novgorod.
* Game start time is 21:45 Moscow time.

Details of the last gala event of the tournament

Someone in last month, while the World Cup was going on in Russia, he became increasingly irritated. Some didn’t like the fact that Russian women behaved inappropriately, others didn’t like that crowds of foreigners walked the streets, and they also sang loudly and drank a lot. For those, we have good news: everything will end on Sunday. Well, we will miss you a lot...

From left to right: Will Smith, Era Istrefi and Nicky Jam. Photo: social networks

Before the starting whistle of referee Nestor Pitana, the closing ceremony of the World Cup will traditionally take place at Luzhniki. And the authors and performers of the official anthem of the World Cup in Russia, Will Smith and Nicky Jam, will finally perform there. We were waiting for them at the opening, but then Robbie Williams took the rap for them. Now Will and Nicky have finally arrived in Moscow and talked a little about the show, and also talked about football.

The first time I came to the World Cup was in 2002, in Japan and Korea,” Will Smith began his story of immersion in the number one sport. - And then I realized how far we Americans are from the rest of the world in terms of love for football! How separated we are from this holiday of crazy energy! Since then I have been going to the World Cup. And to perform the anthem of one of them is a dream!

Since then, apparently since that same Japanese-Korean championship, the “man in black” has had a tender attitude towards Japanese football. Because Smith named ex-CSKA player Keisuke Honda as one of his favorite players. Which, by the way, was very surprising.

But the Brazilian national team evokes the most trembling feelings for him:

I spent a lot of time there and love Neymar very much. We tried to meet him 10 times, can you imagine? And it didn’t work out. What are you saying? Does he pretend a lot? Yes, he is a great actor! I'm an actor myself, I know what I'm talking about.

A couple of compliments to Russia - and the hearts of people who are going to watch Niki and Will in Luzhniki will melt.

This is not my first time in Russia, but I have always been amazed by your rich history,” Smith said. - America is a very young country compared to yours.

Nicky Jam is in Russia not just for the first time, but also for the first day! But I’ve already noticed how good our people are:

Yes, I will tell my grandchildren that I wrote the anthem of the World Cup in Russia!

Colombian journalists really wanted Nicky Jam, who has Colombian roots, to fieryly represent their country instead of the relegated team.

Yes, I will introduce all the departed Latin Americans here! - he promised. - I’ll dance as it should! And I’ll teach Will. Today we'll watch how to dance on YouTube, and everything will be great.

Well, in addition to Jem and Smith dancing for the sake of all Latin Americans (and their performance partner, Albanian singer Era Istrefi), Aida Garifullina and DJ Smesh will perform again at the closing ceremony. And Natalia Vodianova and Philipp Lahm, the captain of the German national team that won the last World Cup, will carry out the very coveted World Cup in a special suitcase.

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What will the closing ceremony of the World Cup be like?

Title holders

Brazil 5

Germany 4

Uruguay 2

Argentina 2

France 1

A historical event will take place in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will officially close. Anticipate last match The 2018 World Cup, in which France and Croatia will play, will have a closing ceremony.

The highlight of the show is expected to be the performance of a trio of popular performers led by actor and rapper Will Smith. They will perform the official anthem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The number of spectators for the fight will be incredible large number famous people, more than a dozen heads of state of the world, including the leaders of France and Croatia. The KP.RU website will host a live online broadcast of the closing ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The final game of the 2018 World Cup will begin at 18:00 Moscow time.

Video of the closing ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

17:42

The closing ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is coming to an end. The protective covering has been removed from the lawn.

17:41

Aida Garifullina sings “Kalinka”, and next to her are Zabivaka and Ronaldinho, the 2002 world champion with the Brazilian national team.

17:36

Nicky Jam, Era Estrefi and Will Smith are on stage singing the main song of the summer 2018 - the World Cup anthem “Live it up”. The flags of the two World Cup finalist countries appear on special panels, and Zabivaka appears on the field.

17:34

Nicky Jam is in the arena. And he sings his song "X". In Luzhniki there is a large disco ball with headphones formed from panels.

17:33

Spheres appeared at the stadium with 11 cities that hosted the World Cup. And volunteers carry out the flags of all 32 teams that took part in the World Cup.

17:32

The opening ceremony begins. Its main participants in the first part are DJ Smash and Aida Garifullina. A mix of the world-famous song “Moscow never sleeps” sounds.

17:32

The closing ceremony begins!

17:30

Wow! And here at the “warm-up” for the closing ceremony is Robbie Williams, his music is playing. "Let me entertain you."

17:27

Both teams completed their pre-match warm-up. And they go into the room under the stands. A little more and the closing ceremony is coming!

17:19

1998 world champion Christian Karembeu is the guest of honor at the 2018 World Cup final.


17:16

The French team warming up before the game.

17:09

Fans of the French national team believe in their team's victory.

17:07

Volunteers have already laid out a protective covering along the field, which will cover the Luzhniki lawn during the closing ceremony of the 2018 World Cup.

17:05

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17:03

Actually, now, after the French goalkeepers, field players have appeared - the starting lineup. And behind them is the Croatian team represented, for now, by goalkeepers.

16:54

The goalkeepers of the French national team came out to warm up.

16:53

About the role of Didier Deschamps in the history of all French football. He took part in 4 of the 6 major finals in French football history - in 1998 and 2000 as a player, in 2016 and 2018 as a coach.

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16:50

And here Usain Bolt himself personally posted a photo from Luzhniki.

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16:49

Oh Gods! No... just God... Usain Bolt at Luzhniki.

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16:48

One of the fans of the Croatian national team is on the way to the fan zone in Zagreb.


16:46

Well, this is the situation in the Croatian city of Zagreb. The fan zone is also waiting for the 2018 World Cup final.


16:44

Just one shot from Paris - this is what the fan zone in Paris looks like in anticipation of the France - Croatia match.


16:43

At the stadium before the start of the game they now showed 10 best goals tournament for at the moment. And, what’s nice, the top line in this ranking is held by Denis Cheryshev, who spectacularly scored against Croatia in the 1/4 finals of the 2018 World Cup.

16:34

And then they arrived starting lineups teams of France and Croatia for the game.

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16:23

Became famous full composition distinguished guests of the final match France - Croatia. In the VIP box today there will be, among others, IOC President Thomas Bach, tenor Placido Domingo, ex-President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, head coach Russian national team Stanislav Cherchesov.

16:19

Meanwhile, the Croatian national team already entered the field of the Luzhniki stadium immediately upon arrival for the game. The Balkans were the first to arrive at the 2018 World Cup finals.

16:01

Fans of the French national team.

14:45

Wow. There's even Conor McGregor here, famous fighter MMA, came to the finals of the 2018 World Cup.

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14:27

A fan tries to buy a ticket to the championship final.