4hw.com.cn: in the 2018 World Cup top eight, Russia eliminated Spain 5-4, Russia's odds, or set a record high. In the final of the 2018 Russia world cup at 22:00 p.m. Beijing time on July 1, 2018, the competition between Spain and host Russia started at Luzhniki Stadium.
In this game, Spanish coach Jerome made every effort to send the main force, almost sent the strongest team, and wanted to eat the opponent at one go, but did not expect that Russia's tactics were more targeted, which made the Spanish players play very hard. Although in the 12th minute, Spain used a corner to let the opponent score the own goal, but before the end of the first half, pique's handball in the forbidden area equalised the score. Since then, the 1-1 score has been maintained until the end of the overtime game. Spain missed twice in the penalty shootout, and finally can only accept the reality of being eliminated.
according to statistics, Spain's ball control rate in the whole game almost reached 80%, and the number of passes was more than 1100 feet, setting a record of passing the most in a single game in the history of the world cup. But even with such a big advantage, it was still dragged to the penalty shoot out by the stubborn Russian. It has to be said that Russia is the best side of the game, and it is the best reward for them to advance to the last eight.
It is worth mentioning that in the history of Russian football, only in the period of the former Soviet Union had the feat of breaking into the top eight of the world cup, but that was 48 years ago. However, they have participated in the world cup three times as Russia, and none of them have qualified in the group.
In the last eight, Russia's opponent will be the winner between Croatia and Denmark. Let's see if this team can continue to create miracles and go further;