Russia gave the surprise and eliminated Spain

The Russian host, who surprised by imposing on the first two dates, but who is still considered weak in the newspaper, drew 1-1 against Spain, who He then eliminated on penalties, sealing his pass to the quarter-finals. World Cup 2018.

Encouraged by the public, which was sometimes felt, the locals pointed to something unlikely, but not ruled out after Spain showed some flaws in the first phase.

Pique, Ramos, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Asensio, Isco and Diego Costa, based on the good possession of the ball, something that is part of his essence, controlled the game from the first minute. Those of Fernando Hierro did not want surprises. And Ramos, the captain, helped open the account in the 11th minute after a corner that was successful in splicing with his right leg and beat Sergey Ignashevich on the way to victory 1 to 0.

The score in favor will always be positive for a team that finds it easy to have control of the ball. This made things easier for Spain, but that did not cancel Russia's aspirations. No, the local had already decided that he was going to die, he would do it with his boots.
But the tiki taka was beautiful on the platform. Spain was very superior, played the first intention, made walls, openings of the bands and diagonals, to the point that even the Russians were doing the wave in the middle of the football concert that gave Spain
He reacted to the 35 with a deflected shot of Aleksandr Golovin, but that was only a glimpse and nothing more. On the ground there was a clear dominator of shares and it was Spain.
A hand in the Pique Zone at 39 minutes lit up the atmosphere on stage. Artem Dzyuba defeated David De Gea on the 12 steps and passed 1-1. It's football, Russia has opened a new opportunity. The first part ended with the 1-1
The Spain knew that he could not make a mistake because he could pay dearly, also that he had to take control of the game because by the payroll and football he was more than the local. intelligence, little by little, Spain was building the goal that gave it victory. He lifted his lines from the first minutes of the game, he turned the ball from one side to the other, but he lacked depth in his game.
Russia, by contrast, stood well back, let the minutes pass, it could end up playing favor because from one moment to the next, Spain would go into despair and that would lead to make mistakes.
What was a walk in the first half became a more serious game. After 70 minutes, the Russian wall seemed stronger and Spain, with the ball in his possession, could not reach it clearly.