The giant Manchester City defender, who stands at 6ft 5ins, arrived in the Russian capital on Saturday along with the rest of his team-mates as they prepare for their double-header with Russia.
Having completed a training session on Sunday morning at Dynamo Moscow’s training ground, Adarabioyo says he and his colleagues are settled into their new surroundings, and cannot wait for kick-off at Arena Khimki.
Russia v England
International U18 Match
4pm, Monday 8 June 2015
Arena Khimki, Moscow
“This trip does feel a bit more special than normal. I love playing in stadiums, we all enjoy doing that and it makes it feel a bigger occasion,” he told TheFA.com.
“We know about the record of the senior side here, and we want to stop that 42-year wait for a win now. All the lads are talking about that.
“We are a good team, and we believe in our quality and that we can achieve that.”
He continued: “The hotel is very nice and we were all able to have a very good sleep on the first night. We are ready to push on now and to get a good result in both matches.
“We’ve just had our first training session out here and the facilities were great, nice pitches and we put in a good session.
“It's a great city, very open and relaxed – it’s not how I thought it would be.”
Tosin Adarabioyo and his team-mates arrived in Russia on Saturday
The squad and staff in Moscow attended the Russia senior side's 4-2 victory against Belarus on Sunday evening.
Adarabioyo, as a keen student of the game, relished the opportunity to develop his knowledge further by studying two sides he admits to being not too familiar with.
“I’ve been to one senior international before and that was with the U18s, we went to watch Argentina versus Croatia at West Ham last year. It was definitely different from that,” he added.
“I’ve never seen Belarus play in my life, so it was good to go and see that live.
"But I was also looking at Russia, it was good to see their senior side in action and to see if they have a philosophy as it may go down through to their younger age groups. So it was a good insight ahead of Monday's game.
“I always look at the centre-halves too whenever I go to a game, trying to study what they are doing and what sort of player they are.”
England face Russia on Monday at 4pm in Arena Khimki. They play the second match of their double-header against their hosts at the same venue 48 hours later.
