Russian fans are spellbound by the surprise success of the national team which has advanced to the quarter finals despite being the lowest ranked side in the tournament.
The World Cup hosts' penalty shootout victory over Spain on Sunday prompted extraordinary scenes of street celebration in Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov likened the partying to images of celebrations after the end of World War Two.
Moscow has one official FIFA fan zone located on the Sparrow Hills campus of Moscow State University and there have been fears of overcrowding as fans without tickets have flocked there to watch games on giant outdoor screens.
"The fan zone is hugely popular. Tens of thousands of people are gathering to watch the games on Sparrow Hills. For fans' comfort we decided to organise an additional space to watch the games near the Spartak stadium," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Twitter.
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The new fan area will open on Saturday afternoon, Sobyanin wrote on Twitter.
A local organising committee spokesperson said the new area was not an official FIFA fan zone and that it constituted a city initiative.
England and Sweden, and Russia and Croatia are due to play on Saturday.
(Writing by Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Toby Chopra)
