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MOSCOW: Russia is hoping for a World Cup miracle on Sunday (July 1st) as the host nation faces Spain in 2010 for a quarter-final place.
Russia entered the tournament ridiculed by its own supporters After a series of defeats in warm-up matches, they beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 in their opening match and then swept the Egypt 3-1, making even believe their own skeptical public.
A complete defeat against Uruguay Russia and striker Denis Cheryshev will be attacked by a large part of the 80,000 spectators at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow and they see no reason to fear Andres Iniesta, Isco and Diego Costa. "I think we can win against Cheryshev said:
] striker, forward Diego Costa (L), warms you up with his teammates at a training session at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 30, on the eve of their 16th match. of Russia against Russia AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Spanish midfielder David Silva match "as if we were playing against Brazil"
Spain has a record terrible against host countries in the finals – they have never won in eight attempts and coach Fernando Hierro played Korea knocked out his Spain team on penalties in 2002. [19659011] "Statistics are made to be broken," said Hierro. "Why do we always look back? re? We had three games here, but let's look at what happened 10 or 15 years ago, that's what's happening (today). "
UNBEATEN DANES MEETS TALENT CROATS
The other match of 16th place pits a talented team from Croatia led by Luka Modric who achieved a perfect record in the group stage against Denmark
Christian Eriksen and Modric
The Danes failed to beat the first round, but they outshot France in Group C.
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<p> B By contrast, Croatia stormed Group D, winning all three matches Probably reading the best performance of the first leg, beating Argentina 3-0 in Nizhny Novgorod, where she will also play against Denmark. "I think you'll see a different Denmark from what you've seen up to here and the type of match we played," said Hareide. "Yes, we must defend but we must attack more." </p>
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Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel participates in a training session in Nizhny Novgorod in June 30, at the eve of their 2018 Russia World Cup final against Croatia AFP / Martin BERNETTI
Denmark is unbeaten in 18 games, a national record, their last defeat against Montenegro in October 2016 in their last seven matches thanks to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel
If Denmark beat Croatia, it will be only the second time that the Danes have qualified for the last eight of the World Cup, the other being in 1998.
DRAMA IN KNOCKOUT SCENE
However, both matches will have to be able to imitate the drama of the first two 16 matches on Saturday, which saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi come out of the tournament.
France beat Messi's 4-3 Argentina in a World Cup Classic while 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe, was featured on the biggest stage with a superb performance from two goals and the Blues came back to pack the finalists. 19659005] Mbappe became the first teenager to score twice in a World Cup game since Pele, 17, in the 1958 final. Brazilian legend tweeted to Frenchman: "Congratulations, @KMbappe, 2 goals in a World Cup so young puts you in good company. "
Messi could not find the net, leaving Russia with only one goal, and at 31 the great Barcelona Ronaldo – who started the World Cup with a hat trick against Spain – could not prevent Portugal from withdrawing from the tournament while Edinson Cavani scored two brilliant victories. goals scored in a 2-1 win to send home European champions
Cavani, lined up alongside Mbappe at Paris Saint-Germain, opened the scoring with a bounding header and wrapped a superb shot for the first time in front of Rui Patricio the match after the equalizer of Pepe.
Although the Uruguayan striker was limping, he later said that it was only a blow and he expects to be back to face France in the quarter-finals.
Ronaldo will be 37 years of the next World Cup in Qatar, but he would not be attracted if he planned to extend hi's international career.
"This is not the time to talk about the future of players and coaches," said Ronaldo, who, like Messi, has never scored a goal in the World Cup .
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