Russian fans News
The World Cup has gripped the imagination of millions of people in the European part of Russia, helped by the unexpectedly strong performance of the hosts and the colorful influx of fans whose exuberance has rubbed off on local people.
The thousands of empty bright-orange seats were embarrassingly conspicuous to fans all over the world watching TV coverage of the second game in soccer`s premier event.
Russian fans occasionally squared up to rivals but there was none of the mass fighting that darkened football`s reputation again in Marseille.
On Monday, 10 men -- six Britons, three French and one Austrian -- were found guilty of violence around the England-Russia match and given jail terms.
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