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Stanislav Cherchesov (Spartak Moscow) and Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid) were present in the quarter-finals of the 1991 Champions Cup

R7 in the Cup

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  2018 World Cup
  

• André Avelar of the R7 in Moscow, Russia

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  07/01/2018 – 04:00
  
  

Twenty-seven years later, Stanislav Cherchesov and Fernando Hierro meet again. The former players of Spartak Moscow and Real Madrid will face Sunday (1), from 11h (Brasília) at Luzhniki stadium, as coaches from Russia and Spain. The match is valid for the eighth finals of the World Cup .

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The confrontation between the two ended with the victory of the goalkeeper Spartak 3-1 on the Real Madrid defender. The match was the return match of the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup in 1991. After the 0-0 in the old Luzhniki, the Russian team won in the middle of the Bernabeu.

In the next phase, Spartak was eliminated with two defeats for Olympique Marseille (3 to 1 and 2 to 1), which finished champion against the Red Star.

"At that time, the Spaniards were favorites," recalls the commander. "Hierro was a very strong player and now he works hard too."

Cherchesov played for the Russian teams, but he made a career at Spartak himself, a team he retired in 2002 – he was one of Russia's goalkeepers at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. United States. His coaching career began in 2004 and, twelve years later, he was invited to defend his national team.

For his part, Hierro spent 14 years at Real Madrid and helped perpetuate the glorious history of the team. The Spanish captain for several seasons has won five times Spanish and twice the Champions League.

In the official interview, the coach said from the beginning that he was not there to remember the past. Spain has not won a World Cup or European League hostage for 16 years.

"Why do we look in the rearview mirror right now, why are we looking at the past?" Everything is about it tomorrow [este domingo] from 5 pm [11 horas de Brasília]. rest is completely irrelevant, "Hierro said.

In the round of 16, the best hard line coach has made it clear that his matches will make the start of their lives to beat Spain. Whoever advances the confrontation, the faces that take the best of Croatia against Denmark, which begins shortly after Spain against Russia.

"I do not see this match as a pressure, I see it as a responsibility.It is the responsibility of a knockout phase.I am sure that Spain has the same feeling. ", said Cherchesov, in the official interview

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