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Russia is Spain's favorite 4-3 (1-1) through shots on goal here Sunday for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup ™ 2018.
The goal of Russia Sergei Ignashevich The 12th minute opened the account of Spain before Artem Dzyuba struck in the 41st minute to equalize.
In the shootout, Koke and Iago Aspas missed their attempt for Spain as the Russians converted their first four shots on goal.
This is the best performance of Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's best performance was a fourth place finish in 1966 with a 1-2 loss to West Germany in the semifinals.
Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was the hero of Russia saving two penalties. His work was facilitated by the bad placement of Koke and Aspas.
Akinfeev became Russia's second most capped player on Sunday, replacing former defender Viktor Onopko in third place. It is the 110th international match of Akinfeev, which debuted in 2004. Onopko was selected 109 times for Russia from 1992 to 2004.
CSKA Moscow defender Sergei Ignashevich is the most capped player of Russia. The clash against Spain is the 126th match of the 38-year-old team for his country since 2002, reported the Sputnik news agency.
On Sunday, Spanish defender Sergio Ramos opened the scoring in the 11th minute. However, later it was announced that it was a goal against his side Ignashevich, making the Russian defender the oldest player to score a goal against his side at the World Cup, has FIFA declared on its official website later
Goalkeeper Noel Valladares scored in his own net at the 2014 World Cup against France at 37 years and 43 days.
Dzyuba scored in the 41st minute after Russia was sentenced to a penalty by Spanish handballer Pique. 19659002] Since the match ended 1-1 after 90 minutes of regulation time, the problem has turned into overtime.
However, even after the extra time, no team managed to take the lead and the match was sanctioned.
Russia was perfect from the spot. The defeat of Koke gave the advantage to Russia and Akinfeev sent the Luzhniki stadium into chaos while saving the penalty of Iago Aspas with his feet.
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