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Sunday could mark the end of the race of the host of the World Cup – or the biggest surprise ever seen in Russia.
Aleksandr Golovin and his Russian team-mates will face Spain at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, with a spot in the quarter-finals on the line. The Luzhniki was good for Russia in this tournament because it was the site of his superb 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia to open the tournament. It is to take another gargantuan effort to defeat Spain, even though La Furia Roja stumbled into the group stage at a record of 1-0-2.
After changing manager on the eve of the tournament, Spain played well for spells under Fernando Hierro but also seemed vulnerable at times, and Russia will look to leap, supported by the local crowd. These two teams met for the last time in November, Russia winning a surprising 3-3 draw in St. Petersburg, with very different alignments. Spain has never lost to Russia in six games (4-0-2).
The winner will face Croatia or Denmark in the quarter-finals.
Both teams revealed some surprises, with Russia. He opted for five goals in the back and scored top scorer Denis Cheryshev – who plays in Liga – while Spain opted for Andres Iniesta and Dani Carvajal, instead of Marco Asensio and Nacho
and the sets of keys throughout the match (refresh here for the latest updates) .
Here are the alignments of the two teams:
Here are the alignments of both sides:
SPAIN
] Goalkeepers : David De Gea (Manchester United), Pepe Reina (Naples ), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao)
Midfielders : Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich ), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), David Silva (Manchester City), Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid), Isco ( Real Madrid) [19659002] Notes of the publisher : Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Rodrigo (Valencia), Diego Costa (A tletico Madrid)
Director : Fernando Hierro
RUSSIA
Goalkeepers : Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Brugge), Andrei Lunyov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Defenders : Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Fyodor Kudryashov (Rubin Kazan), Ilya Koutepov (Spartak Moscow), Andrei Semyonov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Midfielders : Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Yuri Gazinsky (FC Krasnodar) ), Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit) St. Petersburg), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Aleksandr Samedov (Spartak Moscow), Aleksandr Yerokhin (Zenit St. Petersburg), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St. Petersburg) , Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow)
: Artem Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Alexei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Feodor Smolov (Krasnodar FC)
Director : Stanislav Cherchesov
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