Hosts advance to quarter finals, La Roja face shocking elimination
Hosts Russia eliminated Spain 4-3 after penalty shootouts in FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday evening.
The first goal of the match was an own goal from Russian defender Sergei Ignashevich in the 12th minute, but the hosts equalized the score with Artem Dzyuba's late first-half penalty.
The sides were locked 1-1 after extra time playing so the fate of the match was decided via penalties.
La Roja's striker Iago Aspas and Koke missed penalties, while Russia achieved to score all penalties, knocking the 2010 World Champions out of the race.
Russia will pair with tonight's Croatia-Denmark match winner in Nizhny Novgorod in Sochi.
A brilliant second half performance sent France through to quarter finals at Kazan Arena in World Cup 2018.France managed to oust Argentina 4-3 on Saturday afternoon to book themselves the final eight ticket.The first goal of the match came in the 14th minute, when Marcos Rojo brought down French sensation, 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe -- who gave a hard time to Argentina defense -- inside the penalty box.Antoine Griezmann made no mistake from the spot to give his team 1-0 lead.Argentina leveled the score at 1-1 in the 41st minute, when Angel di Maria thundered a left-footed strike into the top right corner.Argentina took the lead just three minutes after the second half started, when Lionel Messi's shot was deflected by defender Gabriel Mercado and went in, confusing the goalkeeper.After that minute, it was all France as Benjamin Pavard's 57th minute strike equalized the match at 2-2.Pavard managed to pull out a half volley to the top left corner, scoring his first ever goal for his country in a fashionable way.World Cup: Cavani stars as Uruguay eliminate PortugalKylian Mbappe gave his team the lead in the 64th minute, his shot got past from goalkeeper Franco Armani.Then the young star increased the lead to two in the 68th minute, after forward Olivier Giroud rewarded Mbappe, who was running down to the right flank, with a pass.An injury time header goal by Sergio Aguero pulled one back for Argentina, but it was a little too late.France will pair with tonight's Uruguay-Portugal match winner.
Kylian Mbappe leads France to victory against Argentina
Uruguay eliminated Portugal 2-1 in FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match at Fisht Stadium on Saturday evening.Striker Edinson Cavani's two goals in both halves helped the South American side eliminate Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal.The first goal for Uruguay came in the 7th minute, when Cavani headed Luis Suarez's cross inside.Portugal responded with their own header goal in the 55th minute, when the corner kick met with Besiktas' defender Pepe.However, Uruguay took the lead just seven minutes after, Cavani took the center stage once again with a sublime curled shot to beat the goalkeeper.The loss meant the end of the tournament for superstar Ronaldo, eliminated on the same day as Argentine superstar Lionel Messi.Russia 2018 may be the last World Cup for those two legends as Messi will turn 35 in 2022 Qatar tournament, while Ronaldo will be 37.Uruguay will face France in the quarter-finals.Moscow closes World Cup FIFA fan zone due to stormy weatherIndian fan dies in car crash in Russia near World Cup city Sochi
World Cup: Cavani stars as Uruguay eliminate Portugal