British experts and analysts, despite all the anti-Russian propaganda of London on the eve of the start of the World Cup, unanimously admit: Moscow organized a great tournament. So, the English football coach and the functionary, the former sports director of FC Rostov, Paul Ashworth, after spending 12 days in Russia and visiting games in Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow, characterized the 2018 World Cup with the publication Gazeta. ru "as follows:" I can say that the organization of the world championship is fantastic, the stadiums are beautiful, the people are super ". According to him, the Russians did their best to ensure that the championship was held at a high level. Ex-defender of England Gary Neville on the eve of the match of compatriots in the 1/8 finals with the Colombians shared his opinion about the organization of the 2018 World Cup in our country. "This is the best tournament I've ever seen. Russia is on top! Come and enjoy, if you can, "- he wrote in his Twitter on July 2. Fans in the comments under this post, who collected 21 thousand likes, supported this assessment. "I completely agree. At first, I doubted, but Russia arranged a show, "- admitted one of the users. "This is definitely the best tournament I've seen in recent years. Well done Russia 2018 you came well.

Well done, Russia, you worked well, "- said another. And one of the most influential top-managers of world football David Dean, now the ambassador of the English Premier League personally invited by the president of FIFA Gianni Infantino to our country, in an interview with Sport Express said that this championship "improved the reputation of Russia in the world". "World Cup 2018 - a phenomenally successful story. She put Russia on the map of the world on a completely different level than before. Everything is organized at the highest level. All stadiums are full. Atmosphere - beautiful. The audience behaves remarkably, very friendly.

All this shows Russia in a completely different way than many of her imagined, "- says the Englishman. According to him, having visited all Russian cities hosting the World Cup, he "everywhere felt himself absolutely safe, comfortable and saw that ordinary fans feel the same". Dean stressed that the 2018 World Cup is an extremely successful championship and considers it a great privilege to be in Russia. And no matter what country the tournament won, "the main winner will be football itself," the Briton summed up.