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English fans paint Moscow red

By Nick Paton Walsh

Updated on 20 May 2008

More than 40,000 fans descend on the Russian capital ahead of tomorrow's Champions League final. Nick Paton Walsh reports.

It's enough to make Lenin turn in his grave: Moscow's Red Square is being transformed into "football city" as more than 40,000 Manchester United and Chelsea fans descend on the city, for tomorrow's Champions League final.

The rival fans are being kept strictly apart. They are even arriving at different airports.

And UK police will travel with them to spot potential troublemakers in the crowds.

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