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'We want even more England fans to come to Samara' - Tourism chief unconcerned about hooliganism

The tourist board are hoping that the Three Lions' success in the World Cup so far can inspire even more fans to find a way to travel

England fans are being encouraged by Russian officials to come to the World Cup in even bigger numbers following the Three Lions' penalty shootout win over Colombia .

Gareth Southgate's side squeezed past the South American side thanks to an Eric Dier penalty and they now face Sweden in a quarter-final clash in Samara's Cosmos Stadium on Saturday .

Mikhail Maltsev, the Head of the Tourism Department in Samara region, says that England fans and all other groups of supporters have behaved well in Russia's World Cup.