KRASNODAR, Russia — Sitting in a limestone-clad amphitheater, filled with fans watching the Uruguay-France game on a giant screen last Friday, Daniil Shmatkov lamented that this or some other World Cup match was not happening in his hometown.
“Of course we deserved it, Krasnodar is a city of soccer,” Shmatkov said, sitting in a white team England jersey only a few hundred feet from the city’s stylish new stadium.
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