Football fans celebrate victory of England team over Tunisia, Volgograd, June 18, 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot.

19 June 2018, 05:21

English football fans celebrate victory in Volgograd streets

After the victory of the England football team over the national team of Tunisia at the "Volgograd-Arena" Stadium, football fans filled Lenin Avenue. A large group of English fans went to Mamayev Kurgan. In the streets of the city, the football fans celebrated the victory of the national team with dances.

Let us remind you that on June 18, the "Volgograd-Arena" Stadium hosted a match between the national teams of England and Tunisia. The England football team won with the score of 2: 1.

At least 43,000 people attended the match at the "Volgograd-Arena" Stadium. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent asked the football fans about organization of the match and about Volgograd.

Lam and Kamel came from Australia to support the England national team. They believe prices for rooms in hotels and for food in stores and cafes are low in Volgograd. According to the guests from Australia, they had no conflicts with local residents or Tunisians.

"Everything is cheap. Tunisians are good guys. We talked to them. Volgograd is a wonderful city, and we had no problems so far," said Lam.

James and Max Hakin are football fans from the UK. They told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they arrived in Volgograd on June 17. However, they failed to get accommodation at the hotel they booked "because of problems with toilet," so they had to move to another more expensive hotel. Nevertheless, according to James, that was the only problem they faced in Volgograd.

"The media reported horrors about the FIFA World Cup in Russia. But so far, we saw nothing of the kind the journalists were frightening us with. Everything is very good," Max said.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Vyacheslav Yaschenko Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

May 19, 2024 22:43

May 19, 2024 19:56

May 19, 2024 14:52

  • Rights defenders give number of kidnapped people in Chechnya

    At least 80 residents of Chechnya have been kidnapped after a car with a DUSTUM license plate was set on fire; volunteers have identified the names of a number of them. In the village of Starye Atagi, Urus-Martan District, about 50 members of the Saif-Islam Elmurzaev family, suspected of setting the above car on fire, have been kidnapped; and about 30 people have been kidnapped in the Shali District, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence (CHRD)* has reported.

May 18, 2024 23:54

  • Rights defenders announce Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev as political prisoners

    The case against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev is politically motivated, human rights defenders have stated. They recognized Rizvanov and Tambiev as political prisoners, demanding that the criminal prosecution of those convicted on charges of financing terrorism be stopped and that they be released, as well as an inquiry into the torture of Kemal Tambiev.

May 18, 2024 23:46

News archive