The figure of the day: Igor Akinfeev



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The Russian guardian Igor Akinfeev architect of the Russian qualification for the quarterfinals against Spain, after stopping two penalties in the final round, and voted best player

  Penal Igor Akinfeev

The expectation of this game of eighth final was totally in favor of the team led by Fernando Hierro, despite the fact that his style of play at previous games was Had not been convincing even though respecting the game of multiple keys of the spanish. In addition to having great figures, who without thinking that they were supposed to be bigger than the Russian team.

However, despite all the pressure, Igor made the necessary stops in the penalty shoot-out and became the figure of the Party, he was joined by the performances that he had in the last 120 minutes, and Russia has never failed at this point during normal time or after. They won the Spanish after 4-3, but it's worth noting that their equalizer was also a penalty.

"I am not the man of the match, the whole team and the fans are the men of the match", claimed the goal after receiving the award.

Akinfeev, in addition to having a great match, in which for 120 minutes saved more than nine times his goal, stopped the maximum penalties initiated by Koke and Iago Aspas, which meant Russia's second qualification for the quarter-finals, after 1966, when he finished fourth, his best world cup.

Now the next meeting of Igor and the selection n Russia will be in the final stages of the fourth round, against Croatia, which also got his pass on the next round by penalties. The match will take place on July 7th at the Sochi stadium

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