Spain vs Russia: 3 reasons why Spain got knocked out

Sripad
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#2 Not using Diego Costa properly

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Diego Costa had the best seat in the house today. His team might have lost but he had the best view of every pass and every move.

Jordi Alba and Nacho Fernandez were not sending in crossed to use Costa's ariel abilities. Even when Dani Carvajal came on, he did not send in a single cross. There was nothing Costs could do to help his team and that meant Spain were basically playing with 10-men for the majority of the game.

He was eventually taken off for Iago Aspas and the former Liverpool player did nothing significant either. A cross was finally put in and it flew a foot about Aspas' head!

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