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Tickets to World Cup’s Russia-Croatia quarterfinal showdown sold out
KRASNODAR, July 6, 2018 (BSS/TASS)- All tickets to the quarterfinal FIFA
World Cup match between Croatia and Russia have been completely sold out,
Vice Governor of the Krasnodar Region Nikolai Doluda who oversees the efforts
to prepare for and host the tournament at the regional administration
informed TASS on Friday.
The quarterfinal match will be played on July 7 in the Black Sea resort
city of Sochi, the game will begin at 21:00 Moscow time (18:00 GMT).
Croatia’s national team arrived in Sochi on Monday, while their opponents,
the Russian footballers, got in on Thursday. Several thousand Croatian fans
are expected to travel to Sochi to attend the match, so more charter flights
from Zagreb than usual have been arranged for this purpose.
“We expect about 7,000-10,000 foreign fans at the Russia vs Croatia match.
The stadium will be packed one hundred percent, all tickets to the game have
been sold out. As you know, there is heightened interest in this match.
Additional trains from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Rostov will arrive in
Sochi. The number of charter flights has been increased as well,” Doluda
said.
“The city and stadium are fully ready to receive the quarterfinal game’s
guests. We hope the match will be spectacular,” he added.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup is being held in 11 cities across Russia. The
Russia vs Croatia game will be the last match played at Sochi’s Fisht
Stadium. The Black Sea resort city earlier hosted the Spain vs Portugal (3-
3), Belgium vs Panama (3-0), Germany vs Sweden (2-1) and Peru vs Australia
(2-0) matches and the Uruguay vs Portugal (2-1) Round of 16 match.
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