Moscow: expensive fun for British football fans

Manchester United and FC Chelsea will be the first two English clubs to compete against other in the UEFA Champions League final. The fact that the final match is to be played in Moscow poses a considerable problem for English fans, as František Bouc explains: "Under British laws British companies are not allowed to sell tickets for football games online. But despite the ban fans can still buy them - through Internet companies based outside the UK - albeit for exorbitant prices. The most expensive tickets cost twenty times the official price, and that is likely to spiral further now that Chelsea has made it to the final. That is because Russia's jet set wants to see with their own eyes the team owned by their compatriot, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovitch."

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