Why Russia is not really lost in 2018

July 7 Russian national team played against Croatia in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup. This match accurately followed even by those who do not consider myself a fan of football. Just because it is a significant event.

Despite the result of the Russian team game, we'll all still be proud of our athletes and the country. And for good reason.

We went to the ¼ finals of the World Cup

It really is a landmark event. For the Russian national football team, it was the first time in history. The last time this was in 1970, when the ¼ finals of the USSR national team.

The head coach of our team Stanislav Cherchesov said that athletes are not dreaming, and go to their goal. The Russian victory over the Croatian team on the eve of the match, according to theRussia vs. Croatia wishes and expectations polls, believe 56% of the population.

In ¼ final our fighting to the last

The Russian team has shown itself in the match against Croatia is very worthy. The game ended with a score of 2: 2, but the penalty opponents defeated - 3: 4. Such an outcome of the game, as well as the fact that the first goal will score it was the Russians, many did not expect.

Our athletes have proven that they can play well and fight to the last. This, too, can be proud of and believe that more will only get better.

Our goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev - The Best

In the final match of ⅛ he could reflect eight shots on goal of our team. A penalty shootout is very beautifully parried two blows. This has helped our pass on.

According to the results of the match Russia - Spain Akinfeev recognized as the best player. Goalkeeper, according to the president of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov, "created great sporting miracle." Moreover, Akinfeev is already offered"Akinfeev deserves a monument": said that the victory of the Russian team over Spain in the 1/8 finals of the 2018 World Cup Football to erect a monument.

Thanks to the 2018 World Cup will be a unique project

Renowned pianist Denis Matsuev has shifted to the music of 61-goal final matches in the World Championships from 1930 to 2014. Authors of the project broken gate at nine sectors and created a numerical sequence according to the chronology of goals scored.

Matsuev assigned to each sector a key on the piano. The result is a unique "cimfoniya goals."

We organized a really cool event

The preparation of the infrastructure 678 billion rubles were spent to mundialyu.

It was the championship in Russia for the first time applied the system videopomoschi arbitrators. It is a technology that allows you to make decisions in controversial moments thanks to the video replay.

For the first time in the history of the world championship is held once in Europe and Asia, the 12 stadiums in 11 cities. All of them had a unique symbolism associated with the famous monuments and objects.

The championship organization has mobilized a large army of helpers.

We were visited by a huge number of visitors

The match ⅛ finals Sweden - Switzerland was recorded the 40 millionth fan of FIFA World Cups. Just Russia came more than 2 million football fans from different countries. For some of them the championship has become crucial.

For example, two fans from Morocco Kaliningrad so impressed that they decidedThe BFU them. AND. Kant foreign fans come 2018 enroll in a local university.

A resident of Africa, while in St. Petersburg, very worried at the time of the match for the national team of Nigeria and prematurely gave birthFacets of the 2018 World Cup: Nigerian Vanya was born in Moscow son. The boy, who was named Ivan, feels great.

A three Swiss fans traveled to the Kaliningrad region on the tractor, released in 1964. They were traveling 12 days, overcame 1,8 thousand kilometers at a speed of 30 km / h.

🚕🎶🙌😀# CHM2018pic.twitter.com/igIoKBxhlo

- World Cup FIFA 2018🏆🇷🇺 (@fifaworldcup_ru) July 4, 2018

Yesterday the fans team #MEX noted in Moscow is one of the most striking and original Mexican holiday - Day mertvyh💀🙂 pic.twitter.com/LR23lDS0Hj

- World Cup FIFA 2018🏆🇷🇺 (@fifaworldcup_ru) June 30, 2018

16 teams have already left # CHM2018…
We will miss them their magnificent fans! 👋 pic.twitter.com/VJXNMhivfm

- World Cup FIFA 2018🏆🇷🇺 (@fifaworldcup_ru) June 29, 2018

Interest to the guests of the championship was very large.

We met fans worthy

And they liked it very much.

Some foreign visitors shocked the behavior of Russian citizens.

An English fan in Volgograd: "I do not understand. The Russians are being TOO friendly. It's almost worrying. I was speaking to an ultras guy with Marseille in 2016 tattooed onto his leg, and all he wanted to do was hug me. "

- Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) June 18, 2018

English fan in Volgograd, "I do not understand. Russian too friendly. It's almost worried. I spoke with the ultras, the guy with the tattoo "Marseille 2016" on the leg, and all he wanted to do - is to embrace me. "

Guests can make unexpected and pleasant gifts. For example, in Samara they were handed jam and scarf "Wings of the Soviets."

This is brilliant 🙌@HughWizzy and talkSPORT team arrive in Samara, and the locals come out to give homemade jams and a scarf from the local team.

What a welcome 🇷🇺 #TSWorldCuppic.twitter.com/3QVqbrqvjV

- talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) July 6, 2018

A Mexican fans had the opportunity to show itself in all its glory.

Football romance in Moscow: Mexican fans singing under the balcony of the beautiful capital, and she throws them flowers 💐 # CHM2018pic.twitter.com/LtnTeEqaDi

- Gwynplaine (@leiurusbite) June 19, 2018

Foreigners finally saw the real Russia

Many in the crowd drove us warily: they did not know what to expect. They feared even hungry bears that could pounce while spending the night in tents in the woods.

The instructions for the fans met quite funny advice: always clean the shoes, not to argue about politics, do not laugh without reason, to remove gloves when shaking hands, not to drink tap water, it never licks the knife, not whistle in the apartment, as well as not to leave empty bottles on table.

But the reality was quite different.

Fans have started to learn the Russian language and to love our songs

According toDrank all the beer, sang "Kalinka", removed the debris - the memorable foreign fans "Yandex", the number of inquiries with the words "transfer" and "translator" in cities where the championship has grown an average of one and a half times. Fans asked how to say "hello", "thank you" and "How are you doing."

A fan from Panama so loved the Russian language, which got a tattoo.

Publication of TATU Sochi (@tattoo_sochi)June 20, 2018 at 1:45 PDT

And yet many fans with great pleasure sang Russian songs.

# RIA_Video
On the eve of the match Russia-Croatia Serb fans sang "Katyusha" # CHM2018pic.twitter.com/dqKy7AkLCU

- RIA Novosti (@rianru) July 5, 2018

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publication of pavel Tarasov (@ Pavelt2007) June 17, 2018 at 10:42 PDT

At the championship were their myths

Mundial has acquired its own legends. They relate to foreign fans.

One of the myths associated with the massive swimming naked foreigners in the fountain on the waterfront of Rostov-on-Don. It allegedly staged Uruguayans, Belgian or Portuguese. The web video even appeared, which, as it turned outVideos with a swim naked fans in Rostov can be falsification later, it was a fake.

Another legend - that one of the fans came to the championship on a bike, breaking the 5000 kilometers. The different sources of this achievement is attributed to the Saudis, Portuguese, Spaniards, Iranians, Costa Rican, Australian and Argentine.

🔥Bolelschik claims that came to # CHM2018⁠ ⁠ cycling from Argentina! pic.twitter.com/xFRRP0BvWF

- Sports Day by Day (@sportsdailyru) June 13, 2018

Kokoshnik became popular again

Russian national headdress has become one of the most popular in the championship. It all started with the trapped in photography Network three fans in the headdress and a hot dog in his hand.

A well done that on a holiday at home! pic.twitter.com/HqAMjqzQ6n

- Vasily Konov (42+) (@VasilyKonov) July 1, 2018

Immediately appeared fotozhaby.

AAAAAAAA. pic.twitter.com/SEThVGYsQF

- The same Martin (@martin_camera) July 1, 2018

It was? pic.twitter.com/GvKpUyXxyZ

- 👤pobeg of Ceausescu (@OtherVakarchuk) July 1, 2018

The social networks have launched a flash mob with the hashtag #kokoshnikpobedy. Brands have modified their logos, "put" them kokoshniki.

Now these hats are bought before matches like hotcakes.

Significantly increased interest in Russian

Foreign fans discovered our country. They visited all the popular tourist spots. In Moscow, over 40 thousand people rubbed his nose sculptures of dogs at the station "Revolution Square" - for good luck.

In traveling across the country visitors are looking for, what to see in the cities. Percentage of requests with the words "attractions", "where to go", "what to see" and the names of cities, make matches, grew up in the search engines at times. For example, in Saransk they became almost three times as much: apparently, this city was the most mysterious and unknown to football fans.

Surely the number of tourists who want to know the unknown Russia closer to increase significantly in the near future.

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publication of Lopamudra Talukdar (@Lopamudra) July 6th, 2018 at 9:53 PDT

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publication of Cynthia Dos Santos (@Cyn_darling) July 6th, 2018 at 8:34 PDT

Como podem ver no meu histórico, não sou muito de postar as fotos dos lugares por onde passo. Mas não posso deixar de agradecer à Rússia. Este foi sem dúvidas o lugar das pessoas mais apaixonadas pelo Brasil por onde passei nesses anos de viagem. Muito obrigado a tudo e todos. Essa viagem está sendo excepcional! Russian people, thank you for your hospitality, honesty and generosity. Brazil loves you! # Russia2018 #worldcup #brazil

publication of Giovane (@Giovanesd) July 6th, 2018 at 8:04 PDT

5:25 AM - Moscú, tengo que admitirlo... Estoy enamorado de tus amaneceres, tu arquitectura y el ambiente que se vive! ☀️ Si hoy ganó Bélgica y celebramos hasta ahora, mañana si gana Rusia no me lo quiero imaginar!!! 🇧🇪🙌🏼🇷🇺 #alejoenRusia - - - 5:25 AM - Moscow, i have to admit it... I'm in love with your sunrises, your architecture, and the World Cup vibes! ☀️ If today Belgium won and we celebrated until sunrise, I can not imagine tomorrow when Russia wins!!! 🇧🇪🙌🏼🇷🇺 #lifeofalejo Moscow, RU🇷🇺 | # # Moscow Russia #sunrise

publication of Alejandro Garrido | Alejo (@Lifeofalejo) July 6th, 2018 at 7:28 PDT

We still can truly come together, regardless of any differences

The way the Russians celebrated the victory of our team in the finals of ⅛ impressive. Residents took to the streets, singing the national anthem, chanting "Russia", hugged and congratulated each other. This union we have not had for a long time.

That night, the central street of the capital was not found! This Moscow have not seen!# chm2018pic.twitter.com/zClGnP7T8d

- Tikhon Reus (@TihonReys) July 2, 2018

Triumph of our team! Country celebrates Russian victory in the match against Spain at the 2018 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/cA2GYsygyU

- Our country Russia (@therusfed) July 2, 2018

🚆🇷🇺🙌😀# CHM2018pic.twitter.com/FthJddY73v

- World Cup FIFA 2018🏆🇷🇺 (@fifaworldcup_ru) July 2, 2018

Walk, Russia! 🙌🇷🇺

As the victory in Pitere📸 pic.twitter.com/Nv54Ty6h2G

- World Cup FIFA 2018🏆🇷🇺 (@fifaworldcup_ru) July 1, 2018

All this - the components of a very important feelings: pride in our country and its people, athletes and those who organized the championship. Never before has Russia not interested in the world so much and did not sound in the news almost every country. And it can not but rejoice. Because this movement - just go!