Football. ua tells about the opening of the final part of the World Cup 2018 in football.

The opening ceremony and the opening match will be held on June 14 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The meeting will be attended by representatives of group A - Russian and Saudi Arabian national teams.

According to Alexei Sorokin, director general of the Russia-2018 organizing committee, the opening ceremony will not be similar to those in Brazil and South Africa - it will be shorter and will pass right before the referee's whistle.

The details of the ceremony are as yet unknown. You can not doubt only that the hymn of the tournament will be performed by Will Smith, Nikki Jam and Era Istrefi.

For Luzhniki, the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup will be the fourth big event. Earlier, the arena hosted the Olympic Games - 1980, the UEFA Cup final in 1999 and the Champions League in 2008.

Russia and Saudi Arabia met only once. In 1993, the victory remained with the Saudis - 4: 2.