Over 30,000 spectators are expected to attend a friendly football match between the national teams of Russia and Iran in the Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday night, the director of the RFU Commercial Department Vladimir Karpovich said.
"We are expecting some 30,000 spectators. We have no final figures yet as tickets are still on sale," TASS cited Karpovich as saying.
"Speaking about Iranian football fans at the match I can say that we have received around 500 ticket requests via the country’s Consulate General’s Office and this is the number we are expecting to see at the game," Karpovich added.
Tatarstan Sports Minister Vladimir Leonov said earlier that part of the tickets for the football match at the 45,000-seat capacity Kazan Arena has been distributed on the free-of-charge basis.
