Russia, host of the World Cup, defeated Spain 4: 3 after a penalty shootout and reached the quarterfinals. After 90 minutes and overtime, he had been 1: 1.
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The Spaniards withdrew at the 2018 World Cup. (Photo: Christian Hartmann / Reuters)
Before the decisive penalty, the camera briefly surprised the face of Andres Iniesta. He stood a little apart from his colleagues, behind the central circle. 40 meters away, the Spaniard Iago Aspas ran to the decisive penalty. And on the face of Iniesta was asking himself a question: how did this happen?
Aspas missed, three jumps in the race, a shot in the middle, the Russian goaltender Igor Akinfejew was booed, but his foot waited briefly in the middle of the tori – it was hard to hit him, but Aspas has succeeded. Spain was eliminated, failed, Russia, the big underdog, had moved to the quarterfinals.
Goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew brings the sensation of Russia to the World Cup. At the sold-out Luschniki stadium, the keeper parks both Penaltys and leads his team to the last sixteen rounds (4: 3 after a penalty shoot-out). (Image: Imago) The joy of the World Cup hosts team is overflowing. (Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters) On the other hand, the World Cup ends for the defending champion of 2010 as four years ago in the preliminary round with a bitter disappointment. Stunned Sergio Busquets (left) and Marco Asensio after the match. (Image: Peter Powell / EPA) This Spanish fan can not hold back his tears. (Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters) And even with Sergio Ramos, tears flow inexorably after the defeat. (Image: Imago) Already tense, the Spanish national team comes in. The Spaniards were in Group B unexpectedly difficult. The 3: 3 against Portugal followed a 1-0 against Iran and a happy 2: 2 against Morocco. In the picture Diego Costa in the head match against Sergei Ignashevich (behind). (Image: Peter Powell / EPA) In the first minutes, Spain's favorite Spain is clearly playing wisely, repeatedly enjoying its own ball security and his dominance of pass. In the picture David Silva (left) Against Roman Sobnin. (Image: Imago) The Russians are not getting a good start. Already in the 12th minute, the Spaniards go through a free-kick 1-0 in the lead. Sergio Ramos can hardly believe it. (Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters) What happened? After a foul from Schirkow to Nacho, guests arrive at a good free kick position. Asensio puts the ball dangerously in the penalty area, where Ramos is in a duel with Ignashevich. The ball unfortunately bounces on the Russian's leg and jumps from there into the grid. (Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters) As expected, the Spaniards are the strongest of both teams. After nearly 20 minutes of play, the "Roja" has 75% of possession. On the photo: the Spanish Marco Asensio in a duel with Aleksandr Golovin. (Image: Albert Gea / Reuters) Not only for the Spanish Nacho (pictured) is the first half exhausting. (Image: Ricardo Moreira / AP) 36. Minute: Good luck for Russia. About to divert the ball comes to Golovin, which does not waste time and deducted 16 meters from the Spanish goal. The shot has a lot of effects and barely passes the right post. (Image: Maxim Shemetov / Reuters) The Spanish Andrés Iniesta comes down here. (Image: Matthias Schrader / AP) Russia gets a penalty in the 40th minute with a Piqué hand. The Spaniard also sees the yellow card for this offense from the referee. (Image: Matthias Schrader / AP) Now, the hope of a whole country weighs on the shoulders of Djubra. He starts and runs the penalty, unbearable for the Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea, at 1: 1. (Image: Imago) Russian fans are crazy. ,, (Image: Imago) . ,, and the marker himself (Image: Vincent Michel / AP) In the second half, both teams give nothing. Even after an hour of play, Russia remains in the running and can control the Spanish offensive. (Image: Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA) Spanish fans, although in the minority, strongly encourage their team. (Image: Albert Gea / Reuters) Spanish midfielder Isco continues to offer good opportunities, but this is not enough for the first goal. (Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters) The Russian coach Stanislaw Tschertschessow is also tense. (Image: Maxim Shemetov / Reuters) Artjom Dsjuba (right) retains his air superiority over Sergio Busquets (left) in a header. (Image: Imago) Also in the second half the mischievous Spaniard lacks the final consequence in front of goal. (Photo: Manu Fernandez / AP) Nevertheless, Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew has his hands full. (Image: Peter Dovgan / Imago) Spain will not arrive in the second half, and it will be the first extension of this World Cup. (Image: Maxim Shemetov / Reuters) The Spanish Sergio Ramos takes a sip of water. (Image: Imago) In the 109th minute, the Spaniards scored the goal of the victory on the foot. The Iberians arrive with a lot of speed in the penalty area of the opponent. Piqué plays the long pass to Rodrigo, who goes through all the opponents at his own pace. On the side, he shoots the ball on the Russian goal, but Akinfejew clears the ball, the rebound lands in Carvajal, but his shot is blocked. (Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters) Rodrigo Moreno can not believe his bad luck. (Image: Albert Gea / Reuters) After 120 minutes, the intermediate result is 1: 1: shots on goal. For Russian fans, the tension is unbearable. (Photo: Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters) The legend of Andrés Iniesta leaves nothing to burn and hits the right free corner. (Image: Albert Gea / Reuters) In the showdown, goalkeeper Akinfejew with two Penaltys held shortly after at the famous hero. (Photo: Maxim Shemetov / Reuters) This is how the Russian hosts make the splits and eliminate Spain from the tournament. (Photo: David Vincent / AP) To article
Bitter defeat – Spain is subject to Russia in shootings
People in Luschniki stadium shouted even stronger than before. They were shouting with surprise and joy, they could barely believe it, like the Russian players on the ground, who first stormed Akinfejew and then mutinied, just squeezing it anyway. who in the neighborhood.
in the lead
How did this happen? It had started well for the Spaniards, they took the advantage after 12 minutes, a free kick in the penalty area, Ramos was there, but also his opponent, the defender Sergei Ignashevich; The ball jumped the Russian on the heel and into the goal. The game seemed to take the expected course. Until the Russian Artjom Dsjuba directs the ball to Gerard Piqué's arm just before half-time. The arm was very far in the air, Dsjuba was pulling the penalty right away and catching up.
It was as if the Russians had agreed at the time that this game could only be decided from the penaltypoint. Akinfejew said later, "I saw a beautiful game, a beautiful football." Maybe it was his point of view, you do not see any of the box, but he's probably the only one with that. The Russians decided in the 41st minute that they would survive this match, even the extra time, so they were limited to the defense. "Let's say it this way: they're better than us in so many ways, so I thought we'd better not attack," Russian coach Stanislaw Chertschessow said after the match.
How did this happen Possession of 74 percent had the Spaniards 74 percent of possession, and they did not know what to do with.It was football that sometimes looked like handball: the Russians barricaded their penalty area and the Spaniards were passing the ball in their own ranks.There were passes on a few meters, to the next best player, passes without space saving, no steep passes and no ideas.Spain was the favorite of the title before the tournament.The team had shown exciting test matches.But the drunkenness disappeared, just like coach Julen Lopetegui, who was sacked shortly before the first match of the World Cup .. The boredom remained [19659007] A look at Isco was enough. He should be the metronome of this team, he was still playable, had 197 ball contacts – for comparison: His Russian counterpart Roman Sobnin had his 44th But the Metronome Isco was tuned to Adagio, he had not tempo, not even with teammates All lacked determination. In the additional time Isco rushed into the box, he was waiting for a pass, which did not come, instead, he met his teammate Aspas inside, both were in the field. This scene is enough to summarize the Spanish efforts to attack
More runs still
"We tried everything to prevent the match from getting into the penalty shootout," said coach Fernando Hierro. He brought Iniesta, who had first been sitting on the bench, he brought an extra striker, but that did not help. Also because the Russians concentrated until the end and won the current duels. Much has already been written about the mileage of these Russians, also against Spain, the team ran a total of nine kilometers more than the opponent. These are figures that hold a lot of attention because Russian footballers would also have benefited from the doping of the Russian state.
Cherezov's dissatisfaction with doping issues was raised on Sunday. Instead, he was asked where could this World Cup go? Almost no one expected this victory, Russia had already participated in the quarter-finals of the World Cup more than 50 years ago. "We can still show a lot here," Chertschessow said.
The Spaniards sat on the field for a long time after the defeat. Also Iniesta squats there. How did it happen?
