Goal

List of goalscorers

S. Ignashevich
12'
1 - 0
1 - 1
41'
A. Dzyuba
Press

Match report in news

  • 120'
    FT: Spain 1-1 Russia (AET). Russia win 4-3 on penalties. Drama here in Moscow as the hosts stun Spain to extend their particpation in their own World Cup.
  • 120'
    ASPAS SAVED! SPAIN ARE OUT! 3-4! The Russian goalkeeper makes an incredible save away to his right and the hosts march on to the last eight!
  • 120'
    CHERYSHEV SCORES! 3-4! Straight down the middle!
  • 120'
    RAMOS SCORES! 3-3! Another confident penalty as he waits for Akinfeev to move before slotting into the other corner.
  • 120'
    GOLOVIN SCORES! 2-3! He drills low below De Gea to put his side in the driving seat!
  • 120'
    KOKE SAVED! 2-2! Akinfeev dives away to his right to keep out the midfielder's effort!
  • 120'
    IGNASHEVIC SCORES! 2-2! He makes amends for that own goal by fooling De Gea following a stuttering run-up.
  • 120'
    PIQUE SCORES! 2-1! He sends Akinfeev the wrong way and drills home via the post.
  • 120'
    SMOLOV SCORES! 1-1! De Gea guesses right and gets something on it but not enough to keep it out!
  • 120'
    INIESTA SCORES! 1-0! Cool from the veteran as he sends Akinfeev the wrong way.
  • 120'
    Spain win the toss and will kick first!
  • 120'
    Now is the time for heroes and villains!
End of match

End of match

  • 120'
    FT: Spain 1-1 Russia. We'll have penalties here at the Luzhniki!
  • 120'
    Rodrigo curls low from the edge of the box but Akinfeev gets down to make the save!
  • 120'
    1 minute added on. It's now or never!
  • 118'
    Nothing comes of the set-piece before Golovin shows some serious legs to race away from Rodrigo and sweep up as Spain looked to counter. He's been playing for nearly two hours that lad.
  • 117'
    Russia win a corner down the right and Golovin is over to take it.
  • 116'
    CAREFUL! Busquets gives the ball away on his own byline but Russia somehow fail to take full advantage!
  • 114'
    DRAMA! Spain want a penalty as Pique appears to be held whilst trying to attack Koke's free-kick from out on the left. Kuipers says no and after what feels like an age, so does VAR!
  • 112'
    A quickly-taken free-kick sets Isco away down the left. His cross is cleared to Pique at the far post, who tried to drill the ball back in, but his cross-cum-shot is blocked to safety.
  • 109'
    CHANCE! Fresh legs vs tiring legs. There's no winner as Rodrigo lets the ball run through his legs and streaks away down the right. He beats his man on the outside but his effort is parried away by Akinfeev, before Koke's follow-up is blocked.
  • 107'
    Iniesta's effort form the edge of the box is blocked and Akinfeev races out to claim the loose ball.
  • 106'
    We're into the final 15 minutes of this one one way or another!
  • 105'
    HT in ET: Spain 1-1 Russia. Still nothing between the sides as we look destined for penalties.
  • 105'
    The ball is floated in but Pique's header is tame and easily gathered by Akinfeev.
  • 105'
    1 minute added on.
  • 105'
    Golovin flies in high on Isco. In fairness he gets all of the ball, but the nature of the challenge sees Bjorn Kuipers blow his whistle.
Substitution

Substitution

at España
  • 104'
    Spain make their final change, with Marco Asensio making way for Rodrigo.
Substitution

Substitution

at Rusia
  • 97'
    On comes Russia's fourth sub and somehow Kutepov survives. Kuvaiez is replaced by Erokhin.
  • 97'
    Koke smashes a speculative effort well over the crossbar.
  • 96'
    Wave after wave of Spain attack at the moment but Russia are keeping disciplined and trying to hold firm.
  • 94'
    Russia looked dead on their feet towards the end of normal time and a victory now would appear to be beyond them, but this is football where anything is possible!
  • 92'
    Aspas gets to the byline down the left but his low cross is scrambled away before Carvajal can turn it goalwards.
  • 91'
    Spain get us underway in extra time!
End of match

End of match

  • 90'
    FT: Spain 1-1 Russia! We'll have 30 more minutes here in Moscow! Barring a couple of chances late on neither side has really created much, but with both sides tiring that could well change in the next 30 minutes.
  • 90'
    CHANCE! Busquets surrenders possession so cheaply inside his own half and Russia drive forward. Smolov cuts in from the left and powers in an effort but it fizzes wide with Cheryshev inches away from getting something on it in the middle.
  • 90'
    Kutepov is really struggling with cramp here. That's the third time he's needed the help of a team-mate to stretch off and he may have to endure another 30 minutes yet...
  • 90'
    4 minutes added on.
  • 90'
    Ramos heads a corner from the right high over the bar as Russia continue to hold on.
  • 87'
    Spain you lucky boys. Russia counter and Smolov looks for Golovin on the right. He gets to the byline and Cheryshev is all alone in the middle but the reported Chelsea target is adjudged to have fouled Alba. There looked to be nothing in it to me, but Spain live to fight another day. Looking at the replays there may well have been an offside against Smolov in the build-up anyway.
  • 85'
    CHANCE! Iniesta strikes a low half-volley towards the bottom corner form the edge of the box but Akinfeev makes the save, before he springs back to his feet to turn away Aspas' rebound from a narrow angle. That's the closest we've been in a while here in Moscow.
  • 83'
    A brief flirt with VAR as Spain ask the question about a potential handball against Ignashevich but the replays show no infringement.
  • 80'
    Hmm Aspas replaces Costa for Spain. Like for like. The sighs from my Spanish colleagues are almost deafening. Can Aspas prove Hierro's right?
  • 77'
    Iaog Aspas is warming up on the touchline as Spain look for some inspiration.
  • 76'
    Costa and Iniesta looks to combine on the edge of the box but the veteran can't bring the ball under his spell and Russia clear.
  • 72'
    Nacho is sat on the bench applying ice to his left knee after being replaced, perhaps that substitution was enforced after all.
Card

Yellow card

a Rusia
  • 71'
    Zobnin is booked for a late challenge on Alba out on the right.
Substitution

Substitution

at España
  • 70'
    Dani Carvajal, a surprise omisison form the starting lineup, replaces Nacho at right-back.
Substitution

Substitution

at España
  • 67'
    Andres Iniesta joins the fray for Manchester City's David Silva.
  • 66'
    Half-hearted appeals as Golovin goes down after bursting into the box but the replays show he slipped and Bjorn Kuipers was correct to not step in.
  • 65'
    Andres Iniesta is receiving his final instructions on the touchline...
Substitution

Substitution

at Rusia
  • 65'
    Off goes the big man. Artem Dzyuba is withdrawn for Fyodor Smolov. Can he be Russia's hero?
  • 61'
    Here he comes! Denis Cheryshev replaces Aleksandr Samedov for Russia!
  • 60'
    Koke crosses from deep on the right but Silva can direct his heade ron goal after getting the run on his man at the near post.
  • 60'
    David De Gea's nightmare tournament continues:
  • 58'
    Isco and costa combine with the former getting to the byline but he is crowded out before he can pick out a man in the middle.
  • 58'
    Samedov swings in a corner from the right but the delivery is poor and Costa clears at the near post.
Card

Yellow card

a Rusia
  • 54'
    Kutepov is booked for tugging back Isco. Free-kick for Spain out on the left. Asensio will take it.
  • 51'
    Koke sends a free-kick from deep out on the right high into the mixer, but Diego Costa can only head it equally as highly over the bar.
  • 47'
    A couple of inventive efforts go wrong as Asensio's backhell comes of both feet and goes back from whence it came, before Alba's attempt to beat Akinfeev by meeting a cross from the right with his midriff is too tame and easy for the goalkeeper to claim.
  • 46'
    Ramos cheaply gives the ball away on the edge of his own box but Russia fail to take advantage.
  • 46'
    Russia get us back underway here! These two are potentially 45 minutes from a place in the last eight!
Substitution

Substitution

at Rusia
  • 46'
    Granat replaces Zhirkov for Russia.
  • 45'
    HT: Spain 1-1 Russia. Nothign to choose between the two sides at the break. Sergei Ignashevich's own goal gave Spain an early lead, but Artem Dzyuba levelled from the spot just before half-time following a handball from Gerard Pique.
  • 45'
    Isco clips in a cross from the left and Costa is there to meet it but he can only guide an effort straight at Akinfeev.
  • 45'
    Nacho slips Costa in on narrow angle but Akinfeev races off his line to meet the big striker and smother his effort.
  • 45'
    2 minutes added on.
  • 45'
    Isco cuts onto his right foot and looks for the far corner but Kutepov heads his effort away.
  • 44'
    Samedov is penalised for a foul on Alba on halfway, despite not actually appearing to make any contact with the defender.
Penalty scored
Goaaaaal from a penalty!
de Rusia en el 41'
  • 41'
    GOAL! RUSSIA! DZYUBA (PEN)! 1-1! Moscow is bouncing! The big man takes it himself and sends De Gea the wrong way to bag his third goal of the tournament. We may have a game on our hands here.
  • 40'
    PENALTY! RUSSIA! STONEWALL! Dzyuba rises highest to meet Samedov's set-piece and it crashes into Pique's arm. He claims his back was turned but he leaves the arm hanging and Kuipers points immediately to the spot and books the defender.
  • 39'
    Koke awkwardly knees a cross from the right behind for a Russia corner.
  • 36'
    CHANCE! Golovin curls narrowly wide of the far post from just inside the box after Dzyba bullied Ramos to win a flick.on.
  • 32'
    Spain are still yet to create anything of note in open play. For all their possession Russia are making them work hard.
  • 28'
    An attempt to play it short goes very poorly and Spain reclaim possession. Artem Dzyuba at 1.95m is bemused. Stick it on his head!
  • 27'
    A corner for Russia down the right now as Busquets turns the ball behind.
  • 25'
    Isco overhits his pass as he tries to send Alba scampering to the byline.
  • 23'
    Samedov swings the ball to the far post looking for Dzyuba but his knock-down is scrambled away.
  • 22'
    Dzyuba buys his side a free-kick as he collapses under Ramos' challenge 35 yards out. A chance for Russia to get the ball into the box.
  • 18'
    Spain keeping the ball at will at the moment. Expect that to become a common theme.
  • 14'
    Zobnin fires over right-footed from 25 yards. Russia have it all to do now.
  • 11'
    GOAL! SPAIN! O.G.! 1-0! Marco Asensio swings the ball in from the right and Ignashevich is more worried about wrestling Ramos than playing the ball, leading to it bouncing off his heel and beyond a rooted Akinfeev to open the scoring.
  • 10'
    Zhirkov flies in on Nacho down the Spain right and gives away a free-kick in a good position.The former Chelsea man avoids any further punishment though.
  • 8'
    Golovin leads a counte rthrough the middle and looks to slip in Samedov on his right on the overlap but it is cut out.
  • 5'
    Samedov's ball in is too high for everyone and the ball is cleared to Zhirkov 35 yards out, but his ambitious effort is blocked out for a throw.
  • 4'
    Golovin forces a corner for the hosts down the right.
  • 3'
    Spain claiming the ball early on here as Alba sees a raid down the left halted in its tracks.
  • 1'
    Spain get us underway here in Moscow!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    The players are out on the pitch for the anthems here. We're minutes away from kick-off!
  • PRVW
    Spain have been inconsistent so far, whilst Russia will have the support of the bulk of the crowd behind them here in Moscow. Could we see another twist in what has been a topsy-turvy World Cup so far?
  • PRVW
    Warm-ups are underway here:
  • PRVW
    The Luzhniki is looking in fine nick ahead of this one:
  • PRVW
    Here's how this two sides have fared going into this one:
  • PRVW
    Russia (or the USSR) haven't won a World Cup knockout game since a 2-1 win over Hungary back in 1966.
  • PRVW
    Russia have never beaten Spain in six attempts since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 (W0, D2, L4).
  • PRVW
    Spain boss Fernando Hierro: "We have a clear plan in mind. We know Russia's qualities but we have faith in our work and we have players that anyone of them can really make a difference. We have analysed them, we are doing everything we can. The team have trained extremely well, my players are fit physically and mentally."
  • PRVW
    Russia boss Stanislav Cherchesov: "Spain play football that is clear to us. It's difficult to find ways to deal with it but we'll try. It's clear that this is a play-off, a life or death match, only one team can go through. It's not a pressure but there is a responsibility, Spain feels it and Russia feels it. If you lose you're out."
  • PRVW
    A change in system for the hosts as they go with five at the back for this one, with Mario Fernandes and Yuri Zhirkov acting as wing-backs. Reported Chelsea target Aleksandr Golovin starts in behind towering front man Artem Dzyuba. Top scorer Denis Cheryshev is surprisingly dropped.
  • PRVW
    Russia: Akinfeev; Ignashevich, Kudryashov, Kutepov; Fernandes, Kuzyaev, Zobnin, Zhirkov; Samedov, Golovin; Dzyuba.
  • PRVW
    Some surprises from the Spanish as both Dani Carvajal and Andres Iniesta are dropped! Nacho and Marco Asensio come in, whilst Koke also rpelaces Thiago in the engine room.
  • PRVW
    Spain: De Gea; Nacho, Ramos, Pique, Alba; Busquets, Koke; Silva, Isco, Asensio; Costa.
Info

Pre-match

01 July 2018, 16:00

Referee: Björn Kuipers

Stadium: Luzhniki

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to the third of eight World Cup last 16 games as Spain take on hosts Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium. There will be plenty of eyes on this one, particularly from England, with the the first knockout game on their side of the draw to be played.