Fifa World Cup 2018: In 3rd match of round 16, Russia defeats Spain in penalties
Spain has started the match against Russia in aggressive style and completely snatched the Spanish players for 30 minutes, while continuing their steady pressure on Russia, in 12th minutes Sergei Ignashevich put the ball into his net by himself and gave the first scored as gift to Spain.
The host team was facing a lot of difficulty in moving ahead from the halfway line, Eventually Aleksandr Golovin got the first chance, but his shot Goalkeeper David De Gea went to the left. Before Half-time, Russia had chance of come-back when Russia got the Penalty on which Artem Dzyuba put the ball into goal & scored level.
Even after Half-time, the Spanish team had full control over the exact game of anticipation, during which some real opportunities were created, but Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was stuck like a rock, he’s captain of Russian team. In scheduled time the scored was equal by 1-1, than additional time was given but both teams were not finished deadlock. Eventually penalty shoots started for determine winner team.
The first two shoots were equal on both sides, However on third penalty shoot by Spain, Akinfeev stopped it and forced to his home crowed to get rid of joy. The fourth Spanish shoot was also on target, now the last penalty shot, Spain was not only put the ball to target, Also his goalkeeper stop the host team attack, Once again Russian goalkeeper stopped 4th penalty shoot with this smartness.
So, Russia reached into Quarter Finals, Another title favorite team Spain kicked out from Fifa World Cup 2018 after, Germany, Argentina & Portugal. Russia’s team has reached a World Cup Quarter Final for the first time after the Soviet Union breakdown.
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