the team for two years he's a school sports teacher but on and off the pitch soccer has always been his passion . here in russia football is the game of the people. strike shoot beautiful goals we may not be at the world cup but we definitely try to play an elegant game over seven hundred thousand tickets to the world cup in russia have already been sold so far about half of them have gone to the country's own fans including alexander. yet there are reminders of the upcoming event darted across moscow even a countdown to the kickoff. and the majority of russians feel positive about hosting the world cup this coming year. was it in the can yes no it's a good thing of course a lot of tourists a lot of guests will come we're always happy to have guests that are the best you know. it's a serious major event and i know that. people are already buying tickets online