CSKA coach: Tottenham fans have nothing to fear in Russia
Posted September 26, 2016 7:00 am
MOSCOW (AP) - CSKA Moscow coach Leonid Slutsky says Tottenham fans have nothing to fear in Russia despite the violence between English and Russian supporters at the European Championship.
About 300 Tottenham fans are expected to attend Tuesday's Champions League game against CSKA, the first visit to Russia by an English club since the clashes in Marseille in June.
Slutsky, who also coached Russia at Euro 2016, says he's "sure that there is no threat to English fans" and that they "will feel a high level of hospitality in the stadium and the country."
FILE- In this Saturday, June 11, 2016 file photo, stewards speak to Russian supporters after clashes broke out in the stands during the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Russian police are readying for Tottenham Hotspurâs game against CSKA Moscow next Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, the first visit by an English club to Russia since clashes between the two countriesâ fans marred the European championship, though a repeat of that mass violence appears unlikely. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
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