Spain's next stornation to fall – Igor Akinfeev national hero after two penalty parks saved | athletic

The final round of the World Cup between host Russia and the Spanish fate has become a nervous story. The Spaniards seemed to silence the Russian kilt in turmoil from the start of the battle through a fierce Russian target, but after a Spanish hand, Russia was sentenced to a punishment. The decision was taken after a penalty shot where Russia was warmer. The host country is therefore among the top eight in the World Cup

The preconditions were simple before the match: Russia had made a good group game with two clear victories against Saudi Arabia and the United States. ;Egypt.

Spain, for its part, had not directly convinced in the group game – despite the group's pursuit as the winner before Portugal and thus avoiding Uruguay in the eighth.

Spain still had to be the favorite favorite.

And a riot became when Russia won for punishment and went among the top eight.

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Russian autoprojects opened the scoring account

It was still Spain that started the best, and the match turned out to be a nightmare for home manners.

Sergei Ignashevich was unlucky after twelve minutes when the balloon was found in his own network. 1-0 in Spain and the Russian city of Tyrol. But only for the moment.

The Russians actually enjoyed the match in advance and started creating opportunities in Spain at the end of the plan. After a Russian corner, the head judge brandished a Spanish hand over Gerard Pique in the penalty area – and Artem Dzyuba continued the punishment and filed the receipt behind a David of Gea chanting in front of a lyrical audience on a Luzhniki- boiling . After the reception, Spain rolled a lot of balls for long periods without creating any chances of outstanding goals because the Russians kept the Spaniards away from the hottest positions

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The last minutes offered the Spanish press and tiny Russians – but no goals. Thus, the first extension of the World Cup on barrel of money was served.

Akinfeev saved two penalties out of five

In the 30-minute extension, Spain was clearly more active and sometimes the Russians were extremely bad. But no goal was born today and the decision was taken in the first penalty shootout of the World Cup.

When Igor Akinfeev saved the third and fifth Spanish punishments, the Russian advance was a fact. while the Spaniards take their pick and pack and fly home with their heads down.

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