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Moscow – The pbadionate cries of "Ros-si-ya" went out in the streets and tears filled the stadium as Russia s & # He bowed in front of their house World Cup in the most cruel way: shooting.
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The men in red have exceeded the craziest expectations. They lost to Croatia to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since 1966.
They lost the quarter-finals in the quarter-finals 4-3 after overtime, with both teams stuck at 2- 2 in the seaside resort of Sochi
It was so close – and all stopped just by the time the nation began to believe.
"We leave the tournament with tears in our eyes but head up," tweeted the team as a stadium. emptied of some 45,000 people who had lost their voices to encourage them.
They were right to be proud.
Rus Sia was the least ranked team that entered the tournament and many in skeptical media thought that they would be lucky to win a match.
They left the field after reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in 48 years.
A semifinal was close at hand and the defeat stung.
But the Russian team showed heart and won what seemed to be the gratitude of the whole nation
"The champions of our hearts" "
Then he made them the biggest compliment possible by stating: "Russia knows how to play football.
The fans who were dancing in the streets after a shootout that beat Spain 2010 in the last 16 last Sunday were dark but grateful.
The nation was mourning Saturday – but also paying homage to it.
Chants of "Mo-lod-tsy" – an almost untranslatable word of praise and thanks that roughly means "Good job, guys" – echoed in the dark streets of Mo Scow and other cities.
"What can I say? It's a shame we came out of this tournament but I'm very proud of my team," said Moscow's Alexander Khramoichenkov
"I'm very proud of Russia "said the 34-year-old prime minister. Dmitry Medvedev described the team's performance as "magnificent" after watching the match from a VIP box with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.
He went down to the locker room and suggested that Russian football would never be disappointing. "We'll just have another type of football after that," he said, "I'm absolutely sure of that."
But coach Stanislav Cherchesov – his mustache becoming the unofficial symbol of Cinderella's Russian waltz "I'm not myself yet," he admitted after listening to a press conference before d & rsquo; Be unable to say a word.
Midfielder Roman Zobnin had very similar moments after the tournament. he left the field
"I do not have any emotions, I left them all out," he says with difficulty.
"I feel empty inside."
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