Just came from Moscow

Now I am back after spending my days-off in Moscow. I used to live there during my very young days and I probably still love it yet it is not among my favorite cities. You know, Moscow has changed a lot after I left it and I am not sure those changes are attractive for me. Too much of advertisement, too high prices, too unsuitable for life. Yet spending few days there sometimes is all right and I like it.

The point of this Moscow trip was visiting the game for football Super Cup of Russia, my beloved CSKA vs Rubin Kazan i.e. champion of Russia. The game was on Luzhniki stadium which is the biggest stadium in Russia. It is not so big like Maracana, of cause but nevertheless it is quite impressive. Some years ago the group of architects (strange way there was the current mayor of Moscow Yuriy Luzhkov among them) made the reconstruction with building the roof over the tribunes. I dunno how they made this project but after completing the reconstruction they found there is not enough of sunlight inside the stadium so grass can not grow there anymore. Then the field was replaced by artificial one and the games on frozen plastic became a true nightmare for European teams coming Moscow to play against Moscow teams.

The only exception was the final game of European Champions League in 2008 held in Moscow. A natural sward was constructed on Luzhniki stadium specially for this game. But after that this sward mysteriously disappeared unknown direction and all the games are on plastic again.






There are few pictures. Pity, I had no my camera with me so I have to took them using something camera-like in my phone.

Ah, the result. We won. :)