World Cup 2018: Russia - Spain (Chronology of the match)

At the Moscow Luzhniki stadium, the match of the 1/8 finals of the World Cup, in which the Russian team defeated the Spanish team, took place. The main and extra time ended in a draw - 1: 1, and in the penalty series, luck was on the side of the Russians (4: 3).

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Spain : David de Hea, Jose Ignasio Nacho (Daniel Karvahal, 70 '), Gerard Pike, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Sergio Buskitts, Coca, Marco Asensio (Rodrigo, 104'), David Silva (Andres Iniesta, 67 '), Isko and Diego Costa (Yago Aspas, 80').

Russia : Igor Akinfeev, Mario Fernandes, Sergey Ignashevich, Ilya Kutepov, Fedor Kudryashov, Yuri Zhirkov (Vladimir Granat, 45 '), Roman Zobnin, Daler Kuzyaev (Alexander Erokhin, 97'), Alexander Golovin, Alexander Samedov (Denis Cheryshev, 61 ') and Artem Dziuba (Fedor Smolov, 65').

First time

Already in the 12th minute, the ball was at the goal of Igor Akinfeev: after a canopy from the penalty area Sergio Ramos, having won the struggle against Sergei Ignashevich, forced our defender-veteran to make a mistake, cutting the ball into his own goal-0: 1.

The goal added confidence in Spain: by the middle of the half, she had a three -fold superiority in the possession of the ball. Our players tried to quickly go from defense to attack, but these attempts did not lead to anything.

The Russian team created the first dangerous moment only in the 36th minute, when the attack ended with Alexander Golovin’s wounding blow from behind the penalty area, but the ball flew next to the bar.

And shortly before the break, the chief judge of the meeting, Bjorn Kuipers from the Netherlands, was not afraid to appoint a 11-meter blow to the goal of the Spaniards: after serving from the corner from the head of Artyom Dziuba, the ball fell into the hand of the peak, which served as the basis for the penalty. Dziuba from the point on the 41st minute did not miss, outwitting the goalkeeper David de Hea - 1: 1.

The second time

After the break, the Spaniards again switched to the Russian half of the field with large forces, trying at the slightest opportunity to aggravate the situation in the attack. But our defense coped with pressure.

Events developed mainly on the outskirts of the penalty area Igor Akinfeev. The most dangerous moment, perhaps, arose in the 85th minute, when Andres Iniesta struck the meters from 18, but the Russian goalkeeper did not flinch in this situation.

Extra time

The nature of the match did not change: the Spaniards were looking for their chances in the attack, and Russian football players defended themselves selflessly. In the 109th minute, Rodrigo, who was replaced, had a great opportunity to take his team forward, but Akinfeev reflected his dangerous blow.

Soon, the Spaniards requested a video recovery, believing that the Russians in the struggle for the top ball violated the rule in their penalty, but the judges did not see the foul in a controversial situation.

A series of penalty

Russian footballers realized four attempts out of four (Fedor Smolov distinguished themselves, Sergey Ignashevich, Alexander Golovin and Denis Cheryshev), but the opponent could not break Igor Akinfeev twice (they did not realize his attempts and Iago Aspas).

The next rival

The rival of the Russian team in the quarterfinal will be the team of Croatia, which in Nizhny Novgorod in the penalty shootout defeated the Danes . The quarterfinal match Russia - Croatia will take place on July 7 at the Fisht stadium in Sochi.

Before the match

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- Cherchesov said that the Spaniards are playing understandable football
- The Coach of the Spanish national team believes that the strengths of the Russian team are flank attacks and playing in the air
- Spaniards are preparing for a penalty shootout in a match with the Russian national team

History of meetings

The national teams of the USSR, the CIS and Russia held 11 matches against the Spanish team, managing to win only once with four draws and six defeats. The Soviet team of the Spaniards won in the home qualifying match of the European Championship of 1972, while only the Spaniards won the final tournaments of European championships.

In 1964, the Spanish national team beat the USSR national team in the final of the European Championship in Madrid (2: 1), in 2004 the Spaniards defeated the Russian team with a score of 1: 0 (group), and in 2008 - 4: 1 (group) and 3-0 (semi -finals).

However, the last meeting of the teams - in November 2017 in St. Petersburg - ended in a draw with a score of 3: 3 .