Temporary stand at 2018 World Cup stadium has been completed

Any football fans with a nervous disposition about heights had better look away now.

The enormous temporary stand at the World Cup stadium in Ekaterinburg - the most easterly host city at Russia 2018 - has finally been completed.

And while a seat at the top of this enormous Meccano set offers fine views of the city, you're going to need a pair of binoculars to see any of the action.

FIFA regulations state that each World Cup venue must have a minimum capacity of 35,000, something that was proving an issue for the home of Russian Premier League side Ural Yekaterinburg.

With Russian president Vladimir Putin admitting construction was behind schedule last year, the planned full-scale renovation of the stadium wasn't possible.

So the organisers came up with the novel solution of building a huge temporary stand that extended out beyond the limits of the stadium.

Construction workers built a huge web of metal scaffolding and then installed bright orange seats on top, ensuring that spectators at the top had a full view of the pitch.

This temporary stand, plus a smaller one at the opposite end, successfully raised the stadium's capacity to 35,000.

Unfortunately for those ticket-holders up in the Gods, there is no protection from the elements even if they will be able to see any inclement weather coming from miles off.

And given that the top of the stand is level with the 45.5-metre roof of the stadium, it's definitely not one for vertigo sufferers.

The Ekaterinburg Arena, located in a city some 881 miles east of Moscow, will stage four group matches during the tournament - Egypt vs Uruguay, France vs Peru, Japan vs Senegal and Mexico vs Sweden.

After the tournament, the plan is to take down the temporary seating and restore the capacity to 23,000 for the home matches of Ural, who play in orange kits.

Along with the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the venue for the final, the Ekaterinburg Arena is the only one of the 12 tournament stadiums not to have been built from scratch.