A night to remember. Waited a long time in Spain to see City in Europe and it never happened, so it was a big deal for me. Good to meet and greet all the blues that were around. DeNiro, CTID1977 and Kolobak got the rock star treatment on Red Square with teenage footy fans asking them for fan photos. The Mystery Machine van had a lot of top blues and everything else, apart from Scooby snacks and, most importantly, we got the result that was needed.
On another note: Ignore anything CSKA, the club, has to say about racism. Some of us saw four African 'students' walk by with CSKA scarves on and one of the CSKA 'ultras' grabbed his scarf, half choking him and was shouting abuse in his face and wouldn't give back the scarf. Behind the metal bars of stadium, there were police beside the incident. The cop said something to the thug but he ignored and passed the scarf over to another ultra, but to his credit the student didn't give up on the scarf. The police opened a gate and went after the scarf and though the ultras were still taking the piss, security gave the scarf back. Of course, nothing was really done about the cretins.
Overall, 90% of CSKA fans were fine and appeared harmless. A few knobheads is expected but coddling the neofascist element should not be tolerated by UEFA. Throw the book at 'em. The big one.