В Москве стартовал Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 года

В четверг, в Москве, с грандиозной церемонией, в которой приняли участие президент Путин и ряд мировых лидеров в основном из бывших советских республик стартовал Кубок мира по футболу 2018 года.

В коротком обращении президент Путин сказал, что миллиарды людей во всем мире объединены в одной футбольной команде, и никакие трещины не способны подавить это единство.

"Давайте вдумаемся: нас - преданных поклонников футбола - без всякого преувеличения, миллиарды людей на планете. И где бы мы ни жили, каким бы традициям ни следовали, нас всех любовь к футболу объединяет в одну команду, единую своей любовью к этой зрелищной, яркой, бескомпромиссной игре. И потому все члены этой команды хорошо понимают и чувствуют друг друга.

В этом единстве, над которым не властны ни различия в языках, ни в идеологии, ни в вере, и заключается великая сила футбола, спорта в целом, сила его гуманистических начал.

Наша задача - сберечь эту силу, это единство для будущих поколений во имя развития спорта и укрепления мира и взаимопонимания между народами.

Поздравляю вас - всю большую, многонациональную, дружную мировую футбольную семью - с началом главного турнира планеты!

Первая игра между Россией и Саудовской Аравией состоялась сразу же после церемонии открытия. Сборная России одержала победу со счетом 5 - 0.

источник: commonspace.eu

 

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