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Russia Beat Spain On Penalties To Reach World Cup Quarter-Finals

  Host nation Russia beat Spain in a penalty shootout to move into the World Cup quarter-finals and knock out the 2010 winners. Advertisement Iago […]

By Ronke Sanya Idowu
Updated July 1, 2018
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Players celebrate Russia’s victory at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Spain and Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 1, 2018. PHOTO: YURI CORTEZ / AFP
Players celebrate Russia’s victory at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Spain and Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 1, 2018.
PHOTO: YURI CORTEZ / AFP

 

Host nation Russia beat Spain in a penalty shootout to move into the World Cup quarter-finals and knock out the 2010 winners.

Iago Aspas’ penalty was saved by Igor Akinfeev to hand Russia victory after a match that Spain had completely dominated.

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