De Gea's miserable World Cup ends with just one save

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Spain were sensationally dumped out of the World Cup by hosts Russia, with goalkeeper David de Gea enduring a miserable tournament.

David de Gea's awful World Cup ended on Sunday as Spain were dumped out of the tournament by hosts Russia, who won a penalty shoot-out 4-3 in Moscow.

After a 1-1 draw at the Luzhniki Stadium, De Gea's opposite number Igor Akinfeev was the hero for Russia, saving penalties from Koke and Iago Aspas.

De Gea did not save any of Russia's four kicks, with Denis Cheryshev among those to score with relatively poor efforts.

Spain's number one made a terrible mistake to allow Cristiano Ronaldo to score from the edge of the box in a 3-3 draw with Portugal to start the group stage.

Although De Gea kept a clean sheet when untested in a 1-0 defeat of Iran, he then conceded twice in a 2-2 draw against Morocco as Spain edged through to the last 16.

 

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