Western media poured compliments on the Russian team

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Unbelievable, but it is a fact. Russia reached the quarter-finals of the home World Cup, defeating Spain! The only goal against Igor Akinfeev in the main time came not from the Spaniards, but by coincidence, ricocheting from Ignashevich’s leg. And this despite the fact that an incredibly technical Spanish team had the ball 80% of the time.





Very funny comments on this subject by bloggers and other users of social networks from Ukraine. Some believe that the Spaniards played poorly because they were intimidated by Ramzan Kadyrov. Others are convinced that the Russians played well, as they were also intimidated by the head of the Chechen Republic. Still others see the conspiracy of bookmakers who are rich in bets on the Russian national team, which traditionally acts as an outsider at the World Championships. An interesting opinion is that the Spaniards specifically “leaked” the match in order to leave the aggressor country as soon as possible. Someone suggests that the Catalan players played very badly to annoy Spain. "Ukrainians" are unable to admit the idea that the Russians just played well.

However, the fact lags behind the fact. The Russian team broke the USSR national team record. While the Russians, crazy about the victory, come to their senses, the world community is trying to realize what is happening at the 2018 World Cup.

The American edition of The New York Times recognized goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev as the best player of the match, who, despite a number of goals conceded, at the decisive moment led the national team on the razor's edge. Also noted the game of Ignashevich and Dziuba:

Cherchesov trusted his guys and they played like heroes


Britons from the Daily Mail, who were not inclined to compliment Russia, this time were fair, calling the game of the Russian national team magnificent:

Russians were everywhere. Choked, resisted, rebuilt again and again


The German edition of Bild absolutely accurately described what happened on July 1 as a “Russian fairy tale”:

This is madness! (...) Russia created a real sensation


The French media found the Spaniards guilty of victory for the Russians, who almost all the time were engaged in rolling the ball and did not create dangerous moments near Akinfeev's goal, and the only goal scored was an own goal from Ignashevich:

And ruthless Russia calmly brought the matter to a penalty shootout


Spanish publications are just as ruthless to their national team. She was figuratively compared with the noble Spanish don, who could not adapt to the life that changed after the revolution:

Spaniards need to be proud of the past, but forget about it

- considers El Mundo.

Journalists at El Confidencial worry that they are returning home from Russia without honor. They consider the Russia-Spain match a 120-minute Russian roulette game in which Madrid lost. The publication called the “giant” football almost an two-meter-tall Russian citizen Dziubu.

La Gazzetta dello Sport flattered Akinfeev by comparing with football legend Lev Yashin. Many skipping young Russian goalkeeper never claimed to be Yashin's successor, but the temperamental Italians gave the goalkeeper such an advance according to the results of an incredibly ending game.

Igor Akinfeev will have a chance to prove whether he is worthy of a comparison with Lev Yashin in the match with Croatia, which will be held on July 7. We wait.
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