MOSCOW (Reuters) - Spartak Moscow, holders of 21 league titles, opened their Otkrytie Arena World Cup stadium amid great fanfare with a 1-1 draw in a friendly against Red Star Belgrade on Friday.
Spartak, 12-times Soviet champions and nine-times Russian title winners, had never before in their 92-year existence had a ground of their own until new owner Leonid Fedun got the 15 billion rouble (248.64 million pound) project underway in 2007.
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