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Spain are out of the World Cup. Just as Argentina, Portugal and Germany. They made over 1000 passes in this match but most of it was in and around the halfway point. When they did finally show urgency in extra-time, Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev seemed to have channeled the spirit of Lev Yashin keep Spain out. It went into penalties and in the battle between the in-form Akinfeev and the embattled David De Gea, the former prevailed. It was the first time ever that Russia were part of a penalty shootout in the World Cup. It is back to the drawing board now for Spain.