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FIFA World Cup 2018 Last 16: Russia, Croatia beat Spain, Denmark in
penalties
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July 4, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_2018_Last_16:_Russia,_Croatia_beat_Spain,_Denmark_in_penalties


On Sunday, Spain lost to Russia 4 -- 3 in the penalty shootout while
Croatia defeated Denmark 3 -- 2 in the penalty shootout in the FIFA
football World Cup in the ''Last 16'' knockout phase. Both the matches
were 1 -- 1 at the end of added time.

== Spain v Russia ==

Spain took on hosts Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Spain had
greater ball possession. Spain got an early lead shortly after the 10th
minute when Sergei Ignashevich scored an own goal. In the 40th minute,
Spanish defender Gerard Piqué was yellow-carded for a handball in the
penalty area and Russia was awarded a penalty kick. Artem Dzyuba scored
from the spot kick, sending Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea in the other
direction, equalising for Russia before the halftime. Isco and Diego
Costa attempted goal before the half-time whistle, but the attempts were
blocked or stopped. The first half ended with 1 -- 1 on the scoreboard.

Early in the second half, Jordi Alba had an attempt from Marco Asensio's
assist but was saved. Sergio Busquets, David Silva, Iago Aspas and
Andrés Iniesta had attempts to put Spain back in the lead, but were
unsuccessful. The second half ended without and goals and the match went
to extra time.

The extra time saw Dani Carvajal and Rodrigo Moreno also making attempts
for goals but the match went on to penalties to separate the two sides.
For Spain, Iniesta, Piqué, and captain Sergio Ramos scored the goals
while Koke and Aspas failed to score from their kicks. Fyodor Smolov,
Sergei Ignashevich, and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin scored their
penalty kicks. Denis Cheryshev scored the winning goal for Russia.

Spanish midfielder Iniesta retired from international football after the
match.

== Croatia v Denmark ==

Croatia faced Denmark at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium and had greater
ball possession. The Danish side opened the scoring in the first minute
when Mathias Jørgensen<!-- aka Zanka --> scored a close-range shot from
Thomas Delaney's assist. But Denmark's lead did not last long as Mario
Mandžukić equalised for Croatia in the 4th minute. Both the sides had
multiple attempts and misses for the goal. The first half ended with 1
-- 1 on the scoreboard.

The second half remained goalless and the match went to additional extra
time. In the 116th minute, Croatia had a penalty kick as Ante Rebić was
brought down in the penalty area. Luka Modrić took the penalty kick but
was saved by the Danish goalkeeper. The extra time ended 1 -- 1.

In the penalty shootout, Denmark's Christian Eriksen and Croatia's Milan
Badelj's kicks were saved. Simon Kjær and Michael Krohn-Dehli scored
their kicks for Denmark while Andrej Kramarić and Luka Modrić scored
their kicks for Croatia. Both the sides were 2 -- 2. Denmark's Lasse
Schöne and Croatia's Josip Pivarić's kicks  were saved. Jørgensen's
kick was saved by the Croatian goalkeeper and Ivan Rakitić scored the
winning penalty kick for Croatia as they advanced to the quarterfinals.

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|team2      = Russia
|report     = (3 -- 4) (penalties)
|goals1     = Sergei Ignashevich <br>Gerard Piqué <br><br>Andrés
Iniesta <br>Gerard Piqué <br>Koke <br>Sergio Ramos <br>Iago Aspas 
|goals2     = Artyom Dzyuba <br>Ilya Kutepov <br>Roman Zobnin <br>Fedor
Smolov <br>Sergei Ignashevich <br>Aleksandr Golovin <br>Denis Cheryshev 
|stadium    = Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia
|attendance = 78,011
|referee    =  Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
}}
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)
|team2      = Denmark
|report     = (3 -- 2) (penalties)
|goals1     = Mario Mandžukić <br><br>Milan Badelj <br>Andrej
Kramarić <br>Luka Modrić <br>Josip Pivarić <br>Ivan Rakitić 
|goals2     = Mathias Jørgensen <br>Mathias Jørgensen <br>Christian
Eriksen <br>Simon Kjær <br>Michael Krohn-Dehli <br>Lasse Schöne
<br>Nicolai Jørgensen 
|stadium    = Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
|attendance = 40,851
|referee    =  Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
}}

== Related news ==

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== Sources == 

* https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331517/#match-liveblog
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHPke43iqNg
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|date   = July 1, 2018
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* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44591345

* https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331498/#match-liveblog
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_iIW2DZ8nc
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|date   = July 1, 2018
}}
* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44591346



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