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Russia : <strong>2018</strong> FIFA World Cup<br />
On July 15th, <strong>2018</strong>, one nation will<br />
be celebrating having been crowned<br />
the FIFA World Cup <strong>2018</strong> Champions.<br />
The World Cup can be a lottery, with<br />
favourites often underperforming and<br />
failing to progress or the underdogs<br />
performing way above expectations,<br />
and surprising football fans worldwide<br />
and progressing to the latter stages of<br />
the World Cup or even better.<br />
For the first time, Russia will be the host<br />
nation, with expectations high amongst<br />
their supporters, realistically, progressing<br />
to the quarter-finals would be an<br />
exceptional achievement. The world’s<br />
largest nation, but not recognised as a<br />
footballing powerhouse.<br />
The opening ceremony on June 14th, at the Luzhniki<br />
Stadium in Moscow, lasting for just over one month, will<br />
be an extravagant performance celebrating the culture<br />
and football of Russia, supported by fireworks, dancers,<br />
and music.<br />
Followed by the main event, and as tradition dictates,<br />
the host nation kicks off the World Cup, normally against<br />
one of the minnows of the World Cup, and for <strong>2018</strong>,<br />
it will be Saudi Arabia. However, official FIFA World<br />
Rankings rate Russia and Saudi Arabia as teams of a<br />
similar stature, supporters of the Russian team, may not<br />
be celebrating at the end of the 90 minutes?<br />
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