The match, which was held at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, ended in Russia's victory on penalties. The two teams drew 1-1 after extra time, but Russia beat Spain 4-3 on penalties and made it through to the last eight.

"We counted on a different [result], it's hard to accept this elimination. It's very hard, we need to analyze [the situation] thoroughly. We are simply broken by this result, that we couldn't make a step further. But it happens in football," Iniesta told journalists.

Spain have been eliminated from the tournament while Russia progress to the quarter-finals.