Russian has wo the right to host World Cup 2018  it was a  victory compared to the fall of the Berlin Wall and described as a ‘game-changer’

Russia Fifa member Vitaly Mutko has compared winning the right to host the 2018 World Cup to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Eastern Europe has never hosted the World Cup and Russia staged an impressive bid, hot on the footsteps of England’s well-received presentation.

Mutko said: “Twenty one years ago the Berlin Wall was broken. Today we can break another symbolic wall and open a new era in football together.

“Russia represents new horizons for Fifa, millions of new hearts and minds and a great legacy after the World Cup, great new stadiums and millions of boys and girls embracing the game.