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Spain will perform a search this Sunday from 9am. (LIVE ONLINE by Telemundo, TyC Sports, Cuatro, Telecinco, DirecTV Sports and Latina) back to the lost luster in the World 2018 before Russia a group pressure was removed with defensive defensive approaches that led to a loss of identity but no leadership, which places it on an unimportant track until the end, but with the l & # 39; Hostess as first exam.

ALIGNMENTS CONFIRMED:

Spain : De Gea; Nacho, Piqué, Ramos, Alba; Koke, Busquets; Silva, Isco, Asensio, Costa.

Russia : Akinfeev; Fernandes, Kutepov, Ignashevich, Zhirkov; Kudryashov, Zobnin; Samedov, Golovin, Kuzyaev; Dzyuba

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The Spanish team has entered the moment to demonstrate the competitive gene that drove it to dominate the world in the last four years of glory. With a generational change but with survivors of the "golden generation" to advise on demand. In the arrival of all or nothing, Russia appears as the first rival of a road liberated from the world champions.

It does not compete in a similar scenario in Spain since the end of Johannesburg, when Andrés Iniesta delivers his latest deliveries of magic on the turf in Russia in 2018 without getting rid of the debate, scored the goal for the year. eternity.

Nearly eight years later returns to the crossroads of a World Cup with the need to recall the image of an immaculate qualifying phase and that shown in the substance friendly that challenged . Always with an untouchable timbre, combining the good results with the best of the agreements at the ball.

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This is one of the points to improve in this traumatic power transfer that represented Ju's unexpected goodbye. len Lopetegui and the emergency solution to Fernando Hierro. Spain continues to play (leader of the World Cup with 2,294 passes and second with 66% possession), but she runs more than ever when she does not have the ball (the fifth with the most kilometers). His poor defensive withdrawal and lack of intensity, with less than ten fouls per game, are aspects to urgently correct if he wants to continue in the competition.

This is the moment of the Iron. The spotlight points to the athletic director who became a coach when he least expected it. Time to show if you have good technical wood with touch up that La Roja asks. Tactics and names. They will not affect the goal, where they reconfirmed a David de Gea who suffers in the World Cup. The five goals in six strokes that reflect the defensive weakness of Spain are not the worst. His image, abstract and without transmitting any security, must bury him to return to what is really.

None of the supposedly defensive modifications in a behind with an untouchable appearance. His alibi for suffering were the spaces generated by the loneliness of Busquets. It is there that the name Koke appears as a novelty to rediscover the balance. From there, Hierro must decide how to attack.

The Eleven Ideal of the Group Stage

With a fixed point, Diego Costa, or two nine, adding to Iago Aspas hit by the baton when the Red is put. If with the courts that are associated in a span -Isco, Iniesta and Silva-or the entrance of the extremes that add offensive variants -Lucas Vázquez and Marco Asensio-

The shaker has moved and the result is only known by the coach The focus of criticism points to an irrelevant David Silva, victim of another Starless World. He was the "sacrifice" for Del Bosque after the initial defeat against Switzerland in 2010, did not shine in 2014 and in his last, who came as a great scorer and leader in the qualifiers, was installed at a mediocre level does not correspond to its quality.

Neither a pass to the attacker, a single attempt to dribble, eight shot attempts and only one at goal and in play. Far from his influence can make way for Asensio to see if she becomes the only one. one of the sensations. Spain needs happiness and its football matches the profile.
An unprecedented duel in a World Cup but with memories that mark the beginning of the golden age of Spanish football

He defeated Spain in Russia twice in the European Championship of Austria and Switzerland. The last with a landslide in the semifinal when she had broken all the barriers to her room fears the penalties against Italy. Time later, the hostess appears as a team of punch and verticality that increases her power with the full Luzhnikí and 81,500 spectators creating an environment that will be a supplement.

Russia recovered all their players in time for the last 16, with the return of Dzagóev and Yerokhin to the group. In principle neither of the two circles will return to the eleven, Chéryshev installing and being one of the sensations of the tournament with its magnificent performance in the first phase and three goals that guarantee the ownership. A special duel for a player raised and settled in Spain who knows each of his opponents perfectly.

Everything points to the Russian coach, Stanislav Cherchesov, to repeat the team of the second day, with the return to the competition. Property of Alexandr Golovín after being rested against Uruguay. It's the match that stopped the euphoria in which the hostess settled after scoring in her first two matches, 5-0 in Saudi Arabia and 3-1 in Egypt.

His only reference above will be the gigantic Artiom Dzyuba, author of two goals, which transfers to Spain the favorite condition, but shows the Russian spirit that will be seen in the grass promising that he and his companions "will die in the field". The only sure loss of Igor Smolnikov is his expulsion from the last day. This will bring the Brazilian nationalist Mario Fernandes to regain his position

Probable Alignments:

Spain: De Gea; Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Jordi Alba; Koke, Busquets; Iniesta, Isco, Marco Asensio; and Diego Costa.

Russia: Akinfeav; Mário Fernandes, Kutepov, Ignashevich, Zhirkov; Zobnin, Gazinski; Samedov, Golovin, Denis Cheryshev; and Dzyuba.