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41' Artem Dzyuba takes the penalty and scores as he sends De Gea the wrong way to put the score level. It's 1-1. It's his third of the tournament.
40' GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!
39' PENALTY! Dzyuba's thumping header hits Pique on his hand for a spot kick.
38' CHANCE! A cross into the Spanish box but blocked by Koke for a corner.
36' CHANCE! Golovin in a good position to score but missed by yards away as De Gea was completely beaten.
36' This by far is the most one-sided game in the round of 16 as Spain continue their dominance in possession.
34' Spain still lead by 1-0 with their first shot on target.
32' Spain have the possession back as the famous Mexican wave is being observed in the stadium.
30' Dzyuba makes a run down the right but he is chased down by Isco. Russia are now playing better in the last five minutes.
29' Ball possession: Spain: 75%, Russia: 25%.
28' A short one taken but Costa quickly hurries to make the interception from Samedov as Spain gain control again.
27' russia win their second corner of the match and a chance to see if they can come into the match.
23' Samedov takes a free kick but its headed away as they make another attack finding Dzyuba but well cleared by Koke.
21' The game still going the way of the Spaniards as they Russia have been able to have the ball and push for an equalizer.
19' Russia has never won a World Cup game that they conceded a goal and they will have to up their game if they want to achieve that.
17' Lovely piece of skill from Isco but he was forced back as he was surrounded with whites shirts.
15' Spain back in control of the match and the Russian still waiting to break away from a mistake.
13' Now the hosts begin to attack and a shot from Zobnin but it goes way off target.
11' Asensio takes a free kick from the right and Sergio Ramos somehow squizzes himself on the ball but it counts as an own goal to Sergei Ignashevich. He becomes the oldest scorer of a World Cup own at the age of 38.
11' GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!
9' Russia are trying not to allow Spain settle in the match while the Spanish team are still not getting it quite right yet.
7' Spain still in control of possession as the entire Russian team fall behind the ball hoping anticipating a counter attack.
5' Samedov takes the first corner kick but the ball falls too deep to locate a Russian in the Spanish box.
3' Spain are having a fair of possession in the early exchanges as the match has not produced a threat of goal yet.
1' The match gets underway as Spain are playing from right to left as they kick off the match.
- Spain and Russia will come neck to neck in the round of 16 of the World Cup
- The 2010 champions topped Group B while the hosts were runners up in Group A
- The match is slated for the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, on Sunday, July, 1
Russia face a litmus test when they come up against 2010 champions Spain in the round of 16 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
The host had a flying start in the tournament after recording comprehensive victories over Saudi Arabia and Egypt but humbled by Uruguay in their last group match.
Spain on the other hand, had a slalom campaign in the group stages, a 3-3 against Portugal led them to a narrow 1-0 win over Iran.
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Morocco gave them a run for their money in the last Group B match as they played out a 2-2 draw.
But Spain topped their group ahead of Portugal while Russia had to come behind Uruguay who won three out of three matches.
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The 2010 winners will aiming to finally hit their form with a comfortable win while the hosts will hoping to use home advantage against the visitors.
Aleksandr Golovin and Denis Cheryshev have been the shining stars in the Russian side following their breathing performance.
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It is difficult to pick a stand-out man from Fernando Hiero's sqaud as the collectiveness of the star-studded side has been their strength so far in the tournament.
Line ups
Spain: David De Gea; Nacho, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Koke, Silva, Isco; Diego Costa, Marco Asensio.
Russia: Igor Akinfeev; Mario Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Sergey Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov; Roman Zobnin, Daler Kuzyaev; Aleksandr Samedov, Aleksandr Golovin, Kudriashov; Artem Dzyuba
Game Spain vs Russia
Date Sunday, July 1
Time 3pm (Nigerian time)
Venue Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
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