Russia Crushes Spain To Advance To The Quarter-Finals Against Croatia. One Russian Soccer Fan Is Depressed That He Is Watching All Of This In Montreal

Sputnik: Russia Makes History by Crushing Spain 4-3 During Penalty Shootout

Russia is through to the World Cup quarterfinals after beating Spain during a penalty shootout at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Russia soaked up long periods of pressure and defended resolutely before sealing the victory, and sending its home capacity crowd into rapture.

Russia has won its round of 16 match against Spain by winning the penalty shootout 4-3 due to two saves by goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, ultimately making it to quarterfinals.

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WNU Editor: I have not talked about the World Cup in Russia on this blog (or anywhere else for that matter) for one simple reason .... I love soccer, but because of family responsibilities I have been stuck in Montreal. But I have been given the green-light this evening that if Russia does defeat Croatia in the quarterfinals on July 7 (which I know they will) .... I can go and everything will be taken care of (thank-you GF). And I will certainly go .... much to the chagrin of my cousin's daughter who is baby-sitting my condo in Moscow and will need to leave, but much to the joy of my many friends and other family members who will be happy to see me, and who have already made sure that we will have tickets to see the semi-finals and the final match. Needless to say that if I do go ..... blogging will be sporadic for at least  a week.