When Russia’s comedown finally came, it played to a full house. Tens of thousands of Russians turned out on a work day to the Fifa Fan Fest in Moscow for a familiar scene: Russia playing like Russia.
And the Russians knew the script. “I knew this was going to happen when we came up against a real opponent,” said Ilya Kabanov, 19, a university student. “It was a bit like a fairytale. The fairytale is over.”
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