Mutko: By ten stadiums of the 2018 World Cup twelve questions asked – Russian Newspaper

The match for third place at the World Cup 2018 may be held in Sochi. Wherein each of the stadiums member will, at least, four game. On Friday told reporters at the fourth meeting of the Board of the Organizing Committee “Russia-2018″ Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

– We are considering various options. Each stadium will take on four matches – said Mutko. – The concept of the cities will be adopted early next year in conjunction with FIFA.

According to him, the venue of the match for third place while not precisely defined, but Sochi arena has a real chance to take it. But Confederations Cup matches, as it became known, held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi and Kazan. Date of the event is approved at a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, to be held in Marrakech (Morocco), 18 and 19 December.

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The overall preparation for the 2018 World Cup organizing committee delegation consisting of the Secretary General Jerome Valcke FIFA, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and director general of the organizing committee of “Russia-2018″ Alexey Sorokin, happy. Arena is in Sochi especially liked them.

– I am pleased with what he saw in Sochi – said the secretary general Jerome Valcke FIFA. – The stadium is just gorgeous.

Recall World Cup matches will be held at 12 stadiums in 11 cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Rostov-on- Don, Yekaterinburg and Samara. According to the Minister of Sports of Russia, “in ten of the twelve stadiums questions asked”.

– the arena in Yekaterinburg and Kaliningrad we adjusted terms. Construction will begin in April next year – said Mutko. – In Kaliningrad, the stadium will be 35 thousand seats. On the construction site all the options considered. Do not want to advertise, but in the coming weeks, we finally determined on the issue. Probably more that arena in Kaliningrad will be built on the island of October.

We touch on the press conference and the situation in world politics. As Jerome Valcke told reporters, “the World Cup in 2018 – it is purely a sporting event, so it should not be confused with the political views”.