England enthusiasts are racing to Russia after discovering a loophole that makes it possible for them to get into the nation with out a visa or healthy ticket.
The win on penalties over Colombia on Tuesday night has sparked a stampede to the quarter-final against Sweden on Saturday and a viable, enormously charged semi-ultimate with the hosts four days later.
England supporters wanting to make the shuttle want both a visa to enter the country or a unique World Cup Fan identification, offered through Russian authorities just for the event.
However the visa will take too lengthy to approach while a Fan id was once concept to be best available accompanied with the aid of a suit ticket purchased prematurely.
However supporters have discovered they can get the Fan id without problems via submitting on-line a ticket stub number for any World Cup fit, together with ones that already took position. With ticket stubs posted on social media sites via proud supporters, England enthusiasts wanting to travel to Russia need simplest replica down the ticket numbers and put up these, and might obtain a Fan identification in minutes.
The ruse gets them into Russia visa free and makes it possible for them to purchase fit tickets on the black market.
The game with Sweden is formally bought out but tickets are being marketed on the resale website Viagogo for as much as £1,000. Fifa has lodged a crook complaint in Switzerland in opposition to the ticketing company.
An analysis shows a big spike in Google searches for world cup tickets right away after England win at 10.20pm on Tuesday and an extra spike at 7am the day prior to this when enthusiasts awoke. An incredible 24.4 million humans watched the fit on ITV, the largest televsion viewers considering the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.
