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MOSCOW (AP) The last Sunday at the World Cup (all local times):
16:30
King Felipe VI of Spain is at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow to see the 39; national team play in the world
The King is leading the list of FIFA guests for the Round of 16, including Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
President Vladimir Putin did not return to the stadium where he saw Russia beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match on June 14.
The King of Spain is a football fan who, as Crown Prince, attended the 2010 World Cup Finals in Johannesburg to see La Roja beat the Netherlands 1-0 in the extensions. ] He had other cases four years ago when Spain was eliminated by a 2-0 group stage defeat against Chile at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The next day, in Madrid, Felipe was sworn in by his father, Juan Carlos.
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4:20 pm
Mark Geiger was He was nominated to referee the World Cup Round of 16 match between England and Colombia, four years after that. 39, he became the first American to qualify for the Round of 16 World Cup. former former math teacher from Beachwood, New Jersey, and third at this tournament. He refereed Portugal's 1-0 win over Morocco and Germany 2-0 against South Korea, who eliminated the defending champions.
Four years ago in Brazil, Geiger won Chile's 2-0 win over Spain and Colombia 3-0 over Greece in the group stage, and France's 2-0 win on Nigeria in the round of 16.
The United States is the only nation with two referees at the World Cup. Jair Murrufo officiated the Belgian 5-2 win over Tunisia
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16:00
Spain leaves without Andres Iniesta against Russia in the last 16 of the World Cup.
Coach Fernando Hierro made three changes in the lineup that drew 2-2 with Morocco in the final game of the group stage, with Nacho Fernandez, Jorge "Koke" Resurreccion and Marco Asensio.
On the front in a 4-2-3-1 formation, Diego Costa He is likely to try to open space in the five-man defensive line of Russia for David Silva and Isco to threaten the goal.
Programming of Spain: David de Gea, Nacho, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Koke, Marco Asensio, Sergio Ramos Jordi Alba, Diego Costa, Silva David, Isco
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15h50
Russia should go five goals behind for its match of the eighth finals of the World Cup against Spain on Sunday. 19659002] Fyodor Kudryashov will join Sergei Ignashevich and Ilya Kutepov at the defense center, with Mario Fernandes and Yuri Zhirkov on the flanks. Russia used a back line of four players in its three group matches. In midfield, Daler Kuzyaev, who came into play in all three group matches, gets his first start in the World Cup in place of Yuri Gazinsky.
Winger Denis Cheryshev, bred in Spain, is on the bench despite After scoring three goals so far, Igor Smolnikov, right back, is suspended after being whitened in the defeat of 3-0 against Uruguay, Monday.
Russia is playing its first World Cup in the post-Soviet era. The winner will play either Croatia or Denmark in Sochi on July 7th.
Russian Composition: Igor Akinfeev, Mario Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Sergei Ignashevich, Fedor Kudryashov, Yuri Zhirkov, Roman Zobin, Alexander Golovin, Daler Kuzyaev, Alexander Samedov, Artyom Dzyuba.
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