MOSCOW: Russia is hoping for a World Cup miracle on Sunday as the host nation take on 2010 winners Spain for a place in the quarterfinals after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi exited the tournament.

The other last 16 match pits a talented Croatia team, led by Luka Modric that had a perfect record in the group phase against Denmark but they will have to go some to emulate the drama of Saturday's first two last-16 matches.

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