There are exactly one hundred days left until the World Cup. It is expected that about two million foreign fans will come to Russia for the tournament. The ticket lottery has already been completed, but starting next week tickets will go on sale for free, reports MIR 24 sports columnist Dmitry Kalugin.
World football stars and Russian President Vladimir Putin began the countdown to the World Cup. The ball was collectively scored up to a hundred times by legendary players - Ronaldo, Trezeguet, Alenichev, Maradona and many others. The final blow is for Putin.
More than five million applications have been submitted for World Cup tickets. True, there are significantly fewer physical places.
This is how we cheered at the Confederations Cup. This coming summer, a similar picture will be observed in 11 Russian cities. Moreover, not only fans of countries that made it to the tournament go to the World Cup. Applications are coming in large numbers from China, the USA and Holland. However, the majority of seats in the stands will be occupied by Russians - they account for 55% of requests for tickets.
“We have worked for many years to make the tournament truly exciting. So that the fans feel comfortable here, and Russia becomes a home for the guests. And almost everything is ready for this,” said Alexey Sorokin, director of the Russia-2018 organizing committee.
It is of greatest interest to foreign fans. In the ranking of early bookings of hotels and accommodation, the “northern capital” ranks first. Fans are willing to stay there for six days and pay about four thousand rubles a day.
The main thing that those wishing to enter the arena need to remember is their fan ID. This is the main document of the World Cup. You can't get into the stadium without it, even if you have a ticket. To receive it, you just need to fill out an online application. It is advisable to do this immediately after purchasing a ticket for the match.
A fan passport also entitles you to free rail travel between World Cup cities. Some airlines also provide discounts upon presentation of a document. Naturally, only for those matches for which you have tickets. To do this, you also need to register on a separate website.
For foreigners, a fan passport also replaces a tourist visa to Russia. With this football document you can enter the country ten days before the World Cup and leave ten days after its completion. However, it is worth remembering that you will need a fan passport when leaving Russia.
The leaders among those wishing to attend the World Cup are fans from Peru. Their country qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years. This event is celebrated even in women's colonies. The prisoners make their own copies of the mascot of the upcoming tournament. The cost of the Peruvian brother of the wolf Zabivaki is 7.5 euros. Most local fans will travel to Russia in his company.
The World Championship starts on June 14 at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. The opening match will feature the teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia.
MOSCOW, January 30 — R-Sport, Alexander Rogulev. On Monday football Russia marks a round number - 500 days before the start of the 2018 World Cup, which will be held in 11 cities of our country from June 14 to July 15 next year. "R-Sport" talks about what surrounds preparation for the main event football tournament four years.
The gap in stadiums is only in Samara
In almost all regions, preparations for the World Cup are in full swing. Every month the stadiums are beginning to resemble more and more what was shown in the pictures during the presentation of the projects. If you don’t take into account the stadium on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg, where every day news appears about completion, restructuring, low-quality materials, leaks or something else, then the information background of other construction projects is positive.
For example, Kazan. There are 500 days until the World Cup, six months until the Confederations Cup, but work is already underway on the construction of temporary structures on the territory of the Kazan Arena stadium. “The standard condition of the field is now being maintained for its further awakening and maintenance until the Confederations Cup,” Vladimir Leonov, Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, told R-Sport. “Currently, the construction of temporary infrastructure has begun on the territory adjacent to the stadium.”
Last week, the head of the Russia 2018 organizing committee, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for Sports, Vitaly Mutko, came to Nizhny Novgorod, where he inspected the facilities of the future championship. Among other things, he said that only the stadium in Samara is behind schedule. The point, according to Mutko, is due to planning errors, but in a month and a half everything should be on schedule.
“2017 is a special year for each of the host cities of the World Cup,” Governor of the Samara Region Nikolai Merkushkin told R-Sport. “We have very little time left - 500 days. And each of them should be spent usefully. We “We have to complete the construction of all the necessary infrastructure, put the city in order, and this needs to be done by the end of 2017.”
"Team football players at the opening of all stadiums"
If in Samara in 2017 it is necessary to build a stadium, roads, training facilities, and grounds, then in a couple of regions everything is almost ready. We are talking about Kazan and Sochi, which have recently hosted major tournaments. In Yekaterinburg, efforts are being devoted to the stadium and the entrance to it, as well as to the reconstruction of the Mayakovsky Central Park of Culture and Culture, which will become a fan zone during the World Cup.
For a whole year, the main headache in Kaliningrad was the stadium: local authorities fought with federal authorities over the place on which to build. Oktyabrsky Island was defended, the capacity was reduced to 35 thousand and construction began. I must say - at an incredibly fast pace. After this, the problem of the region became the airport, which has been under renovation for several years now. Only in last month the problem began to be solved.
“The other day there was a meeting with the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency,” Acting Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kaliningrad Region Alexander Rolbinov told the R-Sport agency. “Today we can say with confidence that the issue has been resolved regarding the reconstruction of the runway. A new contractor is coming out.” to the site. The schedules that are presented and the forces that the contracting organization has at its disposal provide guarantees that the contract will be completed on time.”
The increasingly pressing question is not when stadiums will be delivered, but how they will be opened. Naturally, all regions want to open the arena with a match of the Russian national team. But there won’t be enough football players for Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg and Kaliningrad at once, not to mention Luzhniki - the main arena of the World Cup. “Of course, there won’t be enough national team players for all the cities,” agrees Russia 2018 general director Alexei Sorokin. “If possible, we will make do with local clubs.”
Threat of transfer
The closer the World Cup gets, the more reports appear about its possible postponement. And the point is not so much in Russia’s unwillingness to host the World Cup, but in doping scandals around Russian sports. Despite the fact that a direct connection between the two things is difficult to trace, international organizations, and first of all WADA, regularly remind us of this possibility through the media. “I don’t feel any tension, there’s no anxiety,” Sorokin reassures. “We are not discussing these issues with FIFA. All assurances have been given, and there is no point in returning to them.”
“From a legal point of view, they (WADA) can get this opportunity easily,” sports lawyer Artem Patsev said in November. “This just requires amendments to the world anti-doping code. All members of the Olympic movement are obliged to comply with the requirements of this code. Actually, in This is his idea. The paper will endure everything, you can transfer any powers to anyone. Will this help the purity of the sport and its purification? In my opinion, this will only worsen the situation. “But I admit that the World Championship can be taken away.”
According to the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Richard Pound, the way to deprive Russia of the World Cup could be as follows: a number of countries will announce a boycott of the World Cup, and FIFA will be forced to postpone it. However, to date, no one, with the exception of organizations such as NADOs (National Anti-Doping Agencies), has announced the reality of a boycott of the 2018 World Cup.
According to the Russian side, the tournament, on the contrary, could become an impetus for the return of Russian sports to the “international family.” “This is a chance for us to open the country to the world,” says Mutko. “We expect that a million fans will come to us. We want this project to leave a huge tangible and intangible legacy. I want this date - 500 days before the World Cup - to pass under the sign of creation, so that the world will recognize Russia, about which there are now many cliches."
The World Cup draw will take place in the Kremlin
Just a couple of years ago, news about the World Cup appeared once a month or less. But the closer we get to the tournament, the more often, almost every week, events of the organizing committee are held in Moscow and other cities of the 2018 World Cup. Many of them are on a grand scale. What does it cost, for example, to draw lots? qualifying tournament World Championship, held in the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg. The top representatives of world football gathered in the city, and a separate building made of temporary structures was built on the territory of the residence especially for the draw.
The main draw for the 2018 World Cup, which will take place not just anywhere but in the Kremlin, will be no less pompous. It is symbolic that the event is scheduled for December 1 - the day before Russia celebrates the 7th anniversary of preparation for the tournament. “Of course, organizing any event inside the Kremlin is more difficult than organizing it at any other facility in the city,” says Sorokin. “We have secured the consent of all authorized bodies, received all permits. Fortunately, we don’t need to build anything like this It was in Konstantinovsky."
Over the past couple of years, the 2018 World Cup has acquired a variety of tournament ambassadors and simply famous people from the world of culture and sports, creating the image of the country abroad. Everyone remembers top model Natalia Vodianova, who managed to change three dresses during the preliminary draw for the World Cup in St. Petersburg. The ambassadors of the tournament at different times were hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, synchronized swimmer Natalya Ishchenko, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and even famous singer Nyusha, who will represent Kazan.
“The World Cup is a grandiose event in the life of every country,” Nyusha told R-Sport. “Like millions of Russians, I sincerely hope that it will become an impetus for the development of football in our country, making it a sport that will bring Russia new victories. I will definitely root for the Russian team. But I haven’t decided on the other favorites yet: the Confederations Cup will help me understand who I will worry about and who I will support in the stands.”
I haven't won since last fall. And I played a match without conceding goals a year ago. Against New Zealand. Don't take the friendly match with Dynamo seriously...
And the series of defeats dragged on. The justification could be the level of the opponents - Argentines, Spaniards, Brazilians, French. But the other day there were Austrians...
A week and a half before the World Cup, our team accumulated a heavy clot of negative energy around itself.
We walked to the stadium in a crowd of fans. Against the backdrop of failures, in an atmosphere of criticism, and sometimes hatred, which permeates comments on all sports resources. I wanted to understand what makes people still go to the arena, waste their evening, their nerves and their money.
We asked the same questions to different categories of viewers. They asked about the attitude towards the national team and Cherchesov personally - from children, from young student fans, from mature men. Even the granny who lives next door. They chose different words, but the essence is the same. And it is classic: In Russia and in its main team you can only believe. But it’s impossible not to believe.
There probably couldn’t have been any other answers. After all, those who think otherwise stayed at home on this cool evening.
I admire the enthusiasm of the fans who are eager to get to the stadium! Everything here is civilized, I don’t feel any negativity! I'm running to the store. I’ll take it and... I’ll watch the match on TV,” a local resident, a dandelion in a headscarf, said with anticipation.
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- What makes you still root for the Russian national team, which has not pleased you with either its play or results for a long time?
Pride. Pride in your country! - answers Muscovite and Spartak member Viktor, who works in the transport sector.
- But they almost only lose the year...
But I still hope for the best! And that victories will still come.
- Many people criticize Stanislav Cherchesov. How do you feel about him?
Yes, a normal coach. I'm not going to criticize him. Let's improve the game and perform well at the World Championships!
- How exactly?
Second place in the group will be ours. I'll go to the matches. I'm going to the opening too.
- What brings you to the stadium against the backdrop of a series of failures? - question to student Alexander.
It's just interesting! And there is still hope that everything will be much better than it is now.
- But at what expense?
By chance! - the student laughs - And I urge everyone else to believe. What else remains?
- Does anything or anyone give you optimism?
Youth. Kutepov, Miranchuk, Golovin. This is obvious. Dzagoev is fine now.
- How do you like Cherchesov?
I treat him well. Still, this is a man with a capital letter.
No joke. We randomly asked about 10 people near the stadium what makes them support/believe in the national team. Answers: “pride”, “this is ours”, “we are Russian”, “this is our country”. People believe in the team. They probably don't have Twitter) pic.twitter.com/5AOiLHeF2h
Exactly three years later, on July 15, 2018, the World Cup final will take place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. “Kommersant” asked Arkady Dvorkovich, Nikolai Valuev, Nikita Simonyan, Vlad Topalov, Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, Edgard Zapashny and other readers what to expect national team at the next world championship.
Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation:
For successful performance at the 2018 World Cup, which will be held in our country, it is necessary to find a way to mentally motivate the players and attract young players to the main squads of the clubs. The championship should help create excitement around football in the country, although there are still many fans of this wonderful game. We can look forward to a holiday in 2018, as well as the creation of modern infrastructure for the next generation - this will motivate us to fight for medals and improve the quality of our athletes’ play. I am sure that we have the time and energy to achieve such goals!
Nikolai Valuev, State Duma deputy:
I would expect to win. The national team is performing poorly, but changing the chant “Russia, forward!” no need for another one. Let's replace the coach - it's better if it's a Russian specialist who cares about the interests of the country. Moreover, there will be people who want it. It will be much more difficult to select players and even more difficult to turn them into a combat-ready team in the remaining three years. And, of course, Russia needs to fulfill all its obligations to successfully host the 2018 FIFA World Cup itself. There is no need to look back at the readiness of the national team.
Aras Agalarov, President of Crocus Group:
During these three years I would do the following: take some sports base in the south of Russia, would equip ten open football fields, travel all over the country, select children 16-17 years old - talented, promising, playing in some junior clubs in Russia, not the First League, of course. I would hire several trainers from the leading ones football schools world: Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany. Children should be taken on full board. A comprehensive school should be somewhere nearby, not far from the base, and admission to college should be under special conditions for them. There should be about 150 players for ten teams. In three years, continuously conducting training and tournaments among themselves, from these young guys you can select six or seven of the best and strengthen the national team with them. As a result, the total annual budget for such training will be less than the annual salary of the Russian national team coach Fabio Capello.
Vladimir Shakhrin, leader of the Chaif group:
Photo: Alexander Koryakov, Kommersant
They have already thrown everyone into the mud qualifying matches. We can expect that the fans, looking at the spectacular, high-scoring performance in the upcoming matches, will forgive the national team and come to root for them at the 2018 World Cup.
Oleg Sysuev, first deputy chairman of the board of directors of Alfa Bank, midfielder in the Russian government team “Rosich”:
Photo: Evgeny Pereverzev, Kommersant
The main thing is not to build castles in the air and not to give in to super-optimistic forecasts. Russia as a football power is not among the top or second ten leading powers, and the rating that FIFA has now given us adequately reflects our position. This is the objective position of Russian football, and not at all “the machinations of enemies.” What to do? To begin with, in the domestic championship we need to focus not on big money and buying names, but on young guys. And they are! I was recently in Krasnodar at the Galitsky Academy and I can say that after this visit I suddenly had hope for the future of Russian football. Well, we don’t need high expectations, we don’t need to think about the place we will take at the 2018 World Cup, we just need to focus on attractive and attacking football.
Ruslan Nigmatullin, ex-goalkeeper of the Russian national team:
There is probably nothing revolutionary that can be done here. But interest in the national team increases with its success. And a successful national team means successful clubs, which also doesn’t exist yet. Although our financial expenses are high. A lot needs to be reviewed and first we need to tighten the limit of foreign players. We don't need so many mid-level foreign players. We need our own youth who will play in their clubs. Because we have a unique situation in the world, when the national team consists of players who have never been included in the main squad of their club. And this is not the coach’s whim. It’s just that you can’t find a single Russian football player of this level in this position.
Rostislav Khait, actor, screenwriter:
If the championship remains in Russia, there will be interest from fans. Yes, now it is nowhere lower, but the World Championship is the most popular sporting event in the world. But in order for people not just to watch, but to root for Russia, we need to go to the European Championships and improve the game. Football is not a matter of indifference. Here they like it or don’t like it. Now the fans don’t like it, so they say they’re not interested. But this, of course, is not indifference. As soon as the team starts playing well, there will be an upswing. In 2006, the national team was treated the same way; we didn’t qualify for the World Cup, and no one cared about our team. And two years after the match with Holland, more than a million people took to the streets. From love to hate there is one step.
Igor Lebedev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma:
From the point of view of playing football, we won’t have time to fix anything before the World Cup. We will again invest millions and millions, install a new coach, promise huge bonuses, but we will not teach the players we have to play, and we don’t have others. Football cannot be raised with a momentary decision. Players are trained from childhood. What can we demand from Berezutsky, Ignashevich and Akinfeev? They are great players, but how old will they be in 2018? Compared to the Belgian national team, they are just grandfathers. So, I don’t think we will achieve great success at the home world championship. Mr. Fursenko, being the president of the RFU, deceived us all - we will not become champions, but we will hold the championship at the highest level. And this will return the interest of the fans. The World Championship is always a holiday! People will fill the stadiums to see Messi, Ronaldo, etc. play.
Vlad Topalov, singer, participant football team pop stars "StarCo":
We need to drive the whole team to hell and recruit young players who are eager to play, and not just for the money. Fans are already tired of looking at the same sad faces that don’t always want to run after the ball. Only Zhirkov runs in all positions. When you don’t see the enthusiasm of the team, your enthusiasm disappears. And when people see young blood who wants to play and win, interest will return: it always has been. Football is not a game for which you need to artificially stir up interest.
Valery Shantsev, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region:
Just a few years ago, Nizhny Novgorod football fans, even in their wildest dreams, could not imagine that the World Cup would come to Nizhny Novgorod. However, in three years this will become a reality. Local fans love football very much. According to surveys, 83% of residents of the region support holding matches of the world football championship in Russia and in Nizhny Novgorod, which is the highest in the country. I am convinced that after the 2018 World Cup we will have more people who want to play football. Children will dream of becoming like Yashin, Monday, Ivanov, Gershkovich or like modern players - the Berezutsky brothers, Kerzhakov, Dzyuba. Everyone will want to win the World Cup.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, President of the National Football Foundation:
I don’t even know what to think anymore: Capello was fired, but our team was not the worst. Capello was preparing the team for the championship, selecting players. Now all the players on our team are over 30, and in three years they will barely be able to walk on the field. Capello is looking for young players, he built the team for a long time. And in order to avoid unnecessary questions, it was necessary to inform the fans about what was happening in the team, why new players were introduced into the game. But Capello himself should not have done this. Our people had to say that at such and such a match new players were tested, at another match young people were brought in to see what they were capable of. When young players are brought onto the field without explanation and the team loses, everyone is perplexed as to why they came out - how else can we train young people? Young people can only be tested in battles. And we just trashed Capello. Not only did they not pay the money, but they also scolded him. They treated him rudely... Such things do not attract fans, but only scare them away. I'm afraid that now football in general in our country will be uninteresting.
Nikita Simonyan, acting president of the RFU:
When I was a coach, I told my players this: they got into the group, the goal is to get out of the group. We made it to the quarterfinals, the goal is to get to the semifinals. And so on until the final. Gradually. This is how our team should think now. If she reached the semi-finals at home, I can say that it would already be a great success, given the current position of the team. Many of our young football players, such as Chernov, Golovin and others, are in the sights of the national team. I wanted and still want to believe in them. The team now needs to work hard on technique and pressing. You need to be in excellent athletic shape to compete with European teams. Only on the basis of these team qualities can Russia achieve success. The performance of the Russian national team depends a lot on us, the fans. And those 73% of spectators who, as it turned out according to surveys, no longer follow our team, also have an influence on the players’ performance. A lot depends on the media, which since 2013 have done nothing but beat and beat Russian football. There is a lot of talk about Fabio Capello, about the amount of his contract, but no one talks about football itself.
Sergei Yuran, Soviet and Russian football player, trainer:
And I will be cheering: I would like to enjoy the team’s game. The most important thing is that the level of the championship is high. The fact that there is now low interest in football is a normal phenomenon, because last matches the team showed nothing. The fan comes to the match to get the result. And for results to be achieved, the team’s helm must have Russian coach. In addition, you need to attract young people and play them. Thirdly, we need to deal with the salaries that drive young football players crazy. At this stage, we need to start preparing young people who will try and give their all by 2018. There is such a concept: when you put on a Russian national team T-shirt, you take on responsibility. Unfortunately, many football players now do not understand this.
Edgard Zapashny, General Director of the Great Moscow State Circus:
I'm looking forward to this big holiday. I really hope that the championship will take place on high level, purely in Russian: on a grand scale, with soul, with conscience. So that they don’t steal, because theft is the second most popular sport after football. Alas, ours do not shine anywhere yet: neither in the Cup, nor in the Europa League. The bulk of the fans have been and will remain the same, and people who know how to connect to the wave of our victories will wake up as soon as the World Cup begins, because we have already punched our ticket to the championship. I'm sure there will be a stir. In all championships, high-profile resignations take place with enviable regularity, coaches change like gloves. Our national team is far from the strongest, so I wouldn’t blame the coach for everything. Let's be honest: today we don't have those prominent representatives football, like Kerzhakov, Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko. Unfortunately, there is no serious alternative to Akinfeev. The coaching component may change several more times, because it is customary for us to find a scapegoat. Now it is Capello, but whoever replaces him does not guarantee success either, because he will have to work with the same players. I hope that in three years there will be bright stars in the team.
Dmitry Azarov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure and Regional Policy:
Our game will improve when we create a system for training Russian football players. The state is taking very serious steps to develop sports, especially children's sports. When this young generation grows up, I am sure we will see great results. We are following the achievements of our athletes at the Universiade this year, we saw a magnificent victory at the Olympics in 2014. Sports in Russia have always been a demonstration sport. Something just doesn't work out with football. Fabio Capello is a great specialist, but he promotes a hard style of play that we don't like. The Russian national football team must have a Russian coach who will be guided not only by the fee, but also by duty to the homeland and the spirit of patriotism. He must feel the Russian sports team spirit.
The main event of the day was the farewell of the Russian national team and the home world championship. And although it cannot be called unexpected, it turned out to be much more worthy than many expected.
The Russians chose a different tactic for the match with the Croats than for the meeting with Spain - they tried to put pressure and attack from the first minutes, and although the Croats quickly took over the threads of the game, the hosts of the tournament were also the first to open the scoring in the match.
Even if the advantage in the score did not last even ten minutes, the Russian team later managed to maintain a draw until the end of regular time, and when Vida scored an unexpected goal in the extra time, they did not crumble and managed to win back again.
We couldn't
But in the penalty shootout, self-control and nerves Russian players it wasn't enough anymore. However, to be upset about this full force It doesn’t work out - the team has already jumped over its head, giving the fans much more positive emotions than they expected.
Hero of the day
You can have different attitudes towards Stanislav Cherchesov, and the not-so-pleasant character of the Russian national team coach greatly contributes to this, but it’s hard to deny that he was the main hero of the day.
After the disastrous results and incomprehensible performance of the team in test matches on the eve of the tournament, a wave of well-reasoned criticism fell on the coach, but Cherchesov only snorted like a rhinoceros and moved forward, continuing to stick to his line.
The coach took a risk - after the failure at the home World Cup, which many expected, Stanislav Salamovich would have to pack his things and leave for a long time to coach Polish and Austrian clubs, until the situation at home would calm down.
Master of Mime
But Cherchesov’s bet worked, and in a way that hardly anyone expected. Having managed to work on the mistakes after the disastrous defeat from Uruguay, the coach and his team managed to achieve a completely unexpected victory over Spain, and only a few centimeters separated us from a fantastic qualification to the semi-finals.
Therefore, Cherchesov can be pleased with himself - he is the hero of the day. It is unlikely that this will have a positive impact on his ego and character. but we can only come to terms with this, at least for the near future - his work has given us too many positive emotions.
Loser of the day
The main loser of the day was the man who approached the tournament as the leader and main forward of the Russian national team - Fedor Smolov.
The best player of the last season in the RFPL was considered home championship as a springboard for a breakthrough into a decent European club. These hopes were not destined to come true.
Having unsuccessfully started the match with Saudi Arabia, Fedor ceded the role of the main striker to Artem Dzyuba, and he sat down on the bench, becoming a “wild card” entering the last half hour, at best.
Not a Smolov tournament
Having limited playing time, Fedor also failed to score goals at the home World Cup. The wild card did not play in the decisive matches with Spain and Croatia either.
And if in the penalty shoot-out with the Spaniards Smolov managed to beat De Gea, then a weak blow to Subasic’s hand was the icing on the cake of the forward’s unsuccessful performance at the tournament.
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P.S. I don’t understand Smolov. His disastrous performance throughout the championship and, as a crowning achievement, this foppish act at such a crucial moment...- ⚽Ruslan Nigmatullin (@RusNigmatullin) July 7, 2018
Yes, Mario Fernandez did not hit the target at all, but the Brazilian managed to score the most important goal from the game, despite the fact that he is a defender.
Smolov can only wish for moral fortitude - he would not want to. for his career to return to the days when he was more of a parody of a striker.
Goal of the day
Best goal game day Russian national team striker Denis Cheryshev scored, who opened the scoring in the match with Croatia.
In the 31st minute, Cheryshev received a pass from Artem Dzyuba and fired a brilliant shot into the top corner from outside the penalty area. Some will say “accident”, others “execution”, in any case, the blow came out most gorgeous and did not leave anyone indifferent.
"Wow. What a goal by Cheryshev. This World Cup is absolutely insane,” wrote Gary Lineker.
Wow. What a goal from Cheryshev. This World Cup is utterly bonkers.
Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 7, 2018
“The new Tsar of Russia,” the La Liga press service said on Twitter.
In case anyone has forgotten, Alexander Mostovoy once received the nickname “Tsar” in the Spanish Championship. Now it's time for new heroes.
