Soccer Football - World Cup - Moscow, Russia - July 2, 2018 England fans in Moscow REUTERS/Carl Recine - RC1F40DBC370
MOSCOW (Reuters) - England fans arriving in Moscow on Monday ahead of the World Cup knockout match between England and Colombia said the tournament had so far proved those raising concerns over hooliganism wrong and that Russian people were "fantastic".
Worries about violence and other security problems, compounded by a diplomatic crisis between the Kremlin and Westminster, had meant many England fans chose to stay home at the start of the tournament, with just 2,500 visiting Volgograd for England's first game, against Tunisia.
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