World Cup 2018 surprises Continued: Spain Eliminated Russia
Spain surprisingly knocked out of the World Cup in 2018. They failed to advance to the quarter-finals after being defeated Russia through penalty kicks in the match at the Luzhniki stadium, Russia, Sunday night, 1 July 2018.
Both teams played a goalless 1-1 until the end of the round of extra time. Penalty shootout and Russia finally won a match to tos-tosan it with a score of 4-3. The home team that qualified for the quarterfinals, following France and Uruguay.
Spain, which placed the Scorer as a reserve, excelling on the 12th through own goal Sergei Ignashevich. This goal begins from cross Marco Asensio, who became a starter replace Iniesta. Ignashevich, who scramble the ball with Sergio Ramos, thus directing the ball into his own hand.
Russia, who lost the top of his score, Denis Cheryshev, due to injury, wear the formation survive total: 5-3-2. However, in some occasions they are still able to threaten Spain through counterattacks.
40 minutes Russia got the penalty kick after Gerard Pique do handball. He skips scrambling the ball in the penalty area and the ball in goal from Artem Dzyuba that lead to goalpost on his hands. Pique protest gets a yellow card.
Russia was able to equalize after Artem Dzyuba penalty executes successfully.
1-1 score goes up to normal time ended. Leg extension is done, but there's not much change. Spain continued to encircle Russia, discipline survive total. The score remained goalless. Any penalties to be done.
In the penalty shootout, kicks Koke and Iago Aspas successfully dammed Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev,. Russia superior 4-3. Russia escapes and will face Croatia or Denmark in the quarter-finals.
In the extra time this created history. The two teams both utilize a fourth player turnover, according to the new regulations that are applied for the 2018 World Cup.
The fourth seeded team Spain so that was eliminated. Earlier, Germany, Argentina, and Portugal is already knocked out. For Spain, the defeat ensured they failed to fix the bad entry each time facing the home team World Cup.
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