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Russia hopes for a World Cup miracle on Sunday as the host nation faces Spain, winner of 2010, for a place in the quarter-finals after the release of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi
A team talented Croatia led by Luka Modric against Denmark, but both teams will struggle to emulate the drama of the first two games of the last day of 2006.
Russia entered the tournament after suffering a series of defeats . They beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 in their opening match and swept Egypt 3-1, which made them believe their own skeptical audience.
A complete defeat against Uruguay allowed Russia and midfielder Denis Cheryshev The crowd of 80,000 spectators at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow will not be able to afford to fear Andres Iniesta, Isco and Diego Costa .
– Farewell Messi, Ronaldo –
The World Cup is now missed his two biggest sta Ronaldo and Messi sided, leaving the competition for the last time perhaps.
Ronaldo will be 37 years old when the next iS World Cup will play in Qatar, but he would not be tempted to say he was planning to extend his international. Career after Portugal bowed 2-1 against Uruguay, thanks to two goals from Edinson Cavani
"This is not the time to talk about the future of players and coaches, "said Ronaldo, who leaves Messi"
Saturday's round of 16, which had 10 goals, marked the passing of the torch to a new generation, the French teenager Kylian Mbappe s & # Announcing on the world stage. 19659010] France defeated Argentina's Messi 4-3 in a World Cup classic as Mbappe scored twice to send the two winners wrapping.
Mbappe, 19, became the first teenager to score twice in a 1-year-old Pele World Cup match 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 a single goal, and at 31 Great Britain probably saw a chance to win the World Cup to evaporate.
– Russia believes –
Russia's Cheryshev said his team is confident of being able to beat any opposition, even if it is the lowest-ranked team. 19659015] "I think we can win against anybody, we can always win and that's what we have to believe, think of the win," said Spanish midfielder David Silva. if we played against Brazil.
Spain has a terrible record against the host countries in the big finals – they have never won in eight attempts and coach Fernando Hierro was receiving a stunning defeat of South Korea on penalties as a player in 2002.
"Statistics are made to be broken," said Hierro. "Why do we always look back? We had three games here, but we're going to look at what happened 10 or 15 years ago, and what happens tomorrow at 5 pm "
The Denmark Age Hareide coach The match of his team against Croatia could be summed up in the midfield battle between Tottenham Christian Eriksen and Modric
The Danes have not managed to beat the first round, but have outstripped France in the Group C.
Croatia stormed Group D, winning all three matches and arguably achieving the best performance of the first stage, beating Argentina 3-0 in Nizhny Novgorod, where it will also face Denmark.
Hareide said his team would show "I think you will see a Denmark different from what you saw up to here and the type of game we played," said Hareide. "Yes, we must defend but we must attack more."
Colombia declared that striker James Rodriguez has "minor bruises" in a calf muscle, but no decision has been made to know if he will play against England on Tuesday. The MRI showed that he had "minor bruising without tearing muscle fibers", according to the Colombian Football Federation
Russian midfielder Denis Cheryshev scored three goals at the World Cup [19659022] Lionel Messi (left) and Cristiano Ronaldo returns home from the World Cup in Russia
France striker Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring against Argentina
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