Due to political tensions between Russia and UK   CSKA Moscow fans decided to stay away from the game.  Russians   took just 500 tikcets for Europe League quarter-final.  But they have   decided not to leave Moscow in the last 24 hours.

Arsenal have been given an allocation of just 1,000 for next Thursday's return leg but many of their fans have also decided against travelling.  CSKA boss Viktor Goncharenko is not bothered about the political row between the nations. "Nobody knows really what’s going on. It looks more to be diplomatic relations between Russia and UK are complicated. I just hope it won’t effect both ties and the supporters travelling to each game.” told Arsene Wenger yesterday.

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