In therefore many methods Newcastle United couldnat have selected a madder membership to draw than Anzhi Makhachkala of Russia. The team were only established in 1991 and have come to prominence due to Billionaire Suleyman Kerimov getting them and paying eyewatering amounts to attract the likes of Roberto Carlos (now retired) and Samuel Etoao to play and come for them. Another factor to place the club in the news was that it was so harmful in the Dagestan area where the club is based, that the people couldnat stay there and were as an alternative based in Moscow and only flew in for house matches. That has now risen another level with the club required to play their ahomea Europa League matches in Moscow, the last one against Hannover having a reported attendance of 12,000. But, house advantage can just only count for so much whenever you are playing over one thousand miles from where your membership and fans are based. To place it into perspective, a quick Google and you find out that a thousand miles from Newcastle takes you to Riga in Latvia! If we had to play house suits over there I donat believe youad be seeing a travelling army, therefore exactly who amade upa that group of twelve thousand is a puzzle, particularly as Anzhi are hated in the Russian capital. It might be somewhat further for Newcastle fans to visit than their Anzhi competitors, 1514 miles when compared with 1000, but for as it will do for it will be made by the small group of United supporters who over there their fans it must feel just about as dangerous.
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