(KZN.RU, May 7). The match between the football clubs
“Rubin” and “Ufa” ended with a score of 0:0. The meeting was held at the
stadium “Kazan Arena” and became a test one in the preparation of the city for
the World Cup-2018. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, Mintimer
Shaimiev, the State Councilor of the RT, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, and
others attended the game.
This match was a landmark one for the FC “Rubin”. The game
with the “Ufa” became the last home match of the club this season. In addition,
the team solemnly said goodbye to the forward Gekdeniz Karadeniz, who has
played 300 matches in its composition since 2008. Before the start, children of
the football player went to the central circle, and the youngest of them,
Toprak, made the first symbolic serve. Players of the “Rubin” came to the
greeting wearing specially prepared T-shirts with quotes from a colleague. The
T-shirt with the number 61 was raised under the arches of the “Kazan Arena”. In
addition, it was announced that the forward was awarded the Order of Merit for
the RT.
The game began with a minute of silence in memory of those
killed in the Great Patriotic War. “The match, as expected, turned out to be
uncompromising and exciting”, reports the press service of the Kazan team.
“Rubin” has created more dangerous moments, but both teams didn’t score at the
end”.
The match also became a test one in preparation for the FIFA
World Cup-2018. During the game, the operation of the stadium and the city
services were checked, including restrictions of the traffic on the territory of
the “last mile”.