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Russia reached the quarterfinals with a 4-3 win in a shootout against Spain, with a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes and 120 minutes
England, which played a Finals in winning the 1966 title, and Sweden, who lost to Brazil in the final in 1958, are still in the half of the draw lost by the 2010 champions after their defeat against the hosts.
Chances for England to win the World Cup Croatia's victory against Denmark, in another penalty shoot-out later Sunday, kept them alive and they joined the team. England as the most likely winners of the "weakest".
The Croats were less than impressive in Nizhny Novgorod as in their previous group matches, but they managed to take the Danes 3-2 on penalties after the scores were 1 -1
. will be imagined to match their previous best display of one In Russia, the semifinals will be held in 1998 during the quarterfinal of Sochi on Saturday.
The Russians hope to continue to take advantage of the hosts' dividend to improve the semifinal appearance that the Soviet Union achieved in 1966
Switzerland, which has never done better that the eighth place in 1954, faces Sweden on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, the winners in front of England or Colombia. , whose best result was their qualification for the quarterfinals in Brazil four years ago, face the English in the last match of the round of 32, the same evening in Moscow.
The last member of the elite group of 12 The nations that competed in World Cup finals were Spain when they won the title for the first time in 2010.
France, winner in 1998 , beat Argentina to reach the quarterfinals on Saturday and finds itself in the other half of the table. fellow former champions of Brazil and Uruguay, the three Nations competing in 11 finals between them.
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