Before the World Cup in Russia began many were worried about the success of the tournament with concerns about crowd violence, racism and the friendliness of the locals high on the list.

But although we are less than two weeks into the tournament everything to date has gone far better than many expected and we seem on track for a very successful tournament – one and off the field.

We caught up with some Panama and England fans in sunny Nizhny Novgorod ahead of Sunday’s big clash and they all agreed on the same thing – the World Cup in Russia is a great place to be.