Football fans rush to Russia for long-awaited World Cup

Football fans crowded the Noi Bai international airport on June 13 morning, waiting to board their planes to Russia, where the 2018 World Cup will be kicked off on June 14.
Football fans rush to Russia for long-awaited World Cup ảnh 1Vietnamese football supporters captured in a stadium (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – 2018 World Cup donningjerseys and caps of their favourite teams crowded the Noi Bai internationalairport on June 13 morning, waiting to board their planes to Russia, where the2018 World Cup will be kicked off on June 14.

They shared a highly excited mood, lookingforward to the moment they can live in the cheering atmosphere of the globalbiggest football festival.

Nguyen Hai Duong, CEO of the M2 VietnamJoint Stock Company, said he feels lucky to get a ticket to the opening gamebetween Russia and Saudi Arabia.

“I love football so I want to be present atthe largest festival for football fans in the world,” he said, adding that healso has a special love for Russia.

Not all fans are lucky enough to gettickets to the opening game and matches of their favourite teams.

Nguyen Huu Hien, a former student of aRussian university, said he and four other friends decided to spend theirsavings on buying World Cup tickets since early May, but they could not buy ticketsfor all the five of them.

Hien said: “In our trip to Russia thistime, we cannot watch the first match in the stadium. But we still feelfantastic to stand outside the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and cheer our teams.”

Hai Duong said he was lucky to get thetickets thanks to the help of friends in Vietnam and Russia, adding that hebought tickets to the matches of Russia - Saudi Arabia, Germany – Mexico,Argentina – Iceland, and others, at prices of four to six times higher than theset prices.

Vietnam Television will broadcast live all64 World Cup matches. Many major media agencies like the Vietnam Television andVietnam News Agency have sent their reporters to the Russia to cover everyminutes of the event.

The FIFA World Cup 2018 will take place in12 stadiums in Russia from June 14 to July 15.-VNA
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