The match, which was held at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, resulted in Russia's victory on penalties. The two teams drew 1-1 after extra time, but Russia managed to beat Spain 4-3 on penalties, with Akinfeev saving Koke's and Iago Aspas’ penalties.

"I don't feel that I'm the best player. The game turned out to be exiting. We wanted to attack more, but there's no team who could attack more in a match against Spain. We were lucky today," Akinfeev told journalists.

Russia, who qualified for the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time after failing to do so in their previous three attempts, are now through to the last eight.