2018 Soccer World Cup Costa could have prevented the penalty drama of Spain
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Five facts about Spain – Russia
Russia participates in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup after the penalty kick against Spain for the first time since the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Sergio Ramos equalizes the record of Iker Casillas.
The bitter match of Spain against Russia takes on a new dramatic dimension. Currently, TV footage is about the minutes before the penalty shootout. Diego Costa had a premonition.
H The Spanish coach Fernando Hierro had only heard of Diego Costa striker! Perhaps the team would have been spared by the knockout stages of the World Cup
Costa warned his coach before the draw against Russia (3: 4) against midfielder Koke . This seems to prove the TV pictures that circulate on the Internet since Wednesday
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However, Hierro decided otherwise – Koke, the 26-year-old of the Atletico Madrid, should shoot. And as the third Spaniard to Andres Iniesta and Gerard Piqué. It was 2:02, as Koke took – and failed. Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew has stopped. Alexander Golovin then gave the hosts the advantage. Spanish captain Sergio Ramos cleared, but Russia's fourth, Denis Tcherychev, also met. When Iago Aspas, like Koke, did not manage to reach the point, the arrival of the Spanish World Cup was perfect
Costa: "I told you so!"
On television footage, we see how Hierro Selection of shooters with Captain Ramos and Pique discusses. The choice is on Koke, but Costa, who plays with Koke at Atlético de Madrid, announces a doubt. Ramos asks Koke, "Do you want to shoot?" – The answer: "Yes, yes!"
Costa, however, does not want to stop there. He then tries in vain to intervene in Hierro. When Koke fails later at the Russian goalkeeper, Costa seeks eye contact with Hierro and calls, "I told you so!" Costa himself came out of the question: He had been replaced in the 80th minute – for Aspas.
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Diego Costa and Fernando Hierro had something to discuss after the match
