Stupid Spain slip out as changing of the guard continues
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The Times
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🗓️ 1 July 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Natalie Sawyer looks back at the second day of last 16 ties at the World Cup. Two matches, two 1-1 draws, two penalty shootouts and a whole lot of drama.
Hosts Russia overturn the rankings and shock the world by beating former champions Spain in Moscow. Jonathan Northcroft debates how Spain manager Fernando Hierro was found out, while paying tribute as Andres Iniesta bows out of the international stage.
Matt Dickinson and Bill Edgar discuss whether or not England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is too short, Bobby Moore’s bracelet in Bogota and why Matt isn’t a waistcoat guy.
Plus Croatia progress to the quarter-finals after outlasting Denmark as the panel examine England’s half of the draw and how it could lead to a brand new World Cup finalist.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game World Cup daily from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer and |
| 0:14.2 | thank you for joining us. We are here every match day of the World Cup |
| 0:17.5 | podcasting after 10 o'clock UK time every night. Two of the four quarterfinals are now set in stone. France face Uruguay on |
| 0:25.9 | Friday and Russia, yes Russia, take on Croatia on Saturday. In the studio with me, the man with |
| 0:32.1 | the facts and figures, it's Bill Edgar, and in St. Petersburg |
| 0:36.0 | from the Sunday Times, Mr. Jonathan Northcroft, later on we'll be speaking to Matt Dickinson |
| 0:40.4 | as we react to that Croatian shootout win over Denmark. |
| 0:44.0 | We are 48 hours away from England versus Columbia so we'll have an update from the England |
| 0:48.7 | camp as that half of the draw appears to open up and that's because the hosts have shocked the world. |
| 0:54.3 | Russia have knocked out the former world champion Spain on penalties in Moscow |
| 0:59.5 | as it finished one all after extra time. The Russian skipper, Igor Akenfeyer, with two saves in the shootout, |
| 1:06.3 | a man who's been capped over a hundred times by Russia, and Jonathan almost certainly the best |
| 1:11.0 | day of his international career. |
| 1:12.1 | Yes it was. I mean, I can... certainly the best day of his international career. |
| 1:13.0 | Yes it was. |
| 1:14.0 | I mean I can say I said the funny career you know he was hugely rated as a youngster |
| 1:18.8 | thought that he was going to be one of the very best goalkeepers in the world. |
| 1:22.3 | Probably didn't quite develop but then in |
| 1:26.6 | a Russian career has been extremely well respected at home but maybe not not so |
| 1:30.9 | well respected abroad partly because he's got this odd |
| 1:33.0 | champions league record where maybe don't know as a stat but I think he's I |
| 1:36.9 | think he's conceded a goal in every champions league game he's played or something |
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