Spain vs Russia: 5 Best and Worst Players

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Russia actually did the unthinkable

4. Worst: David de Gea

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Despair, and a disappointment for the Best.

The best goalkeeper in the world took quite a stick and will have to do wonder to redeem his reputation on the international stage. After enduring his personal best season at Manchester United, where he walked off with the Golden Glove in the Premier League, De Gea was expected to take the World Cup by storm.

What we saw was an uncharacteristically nervy performance, which disappointingly sums up his entire World Cup. Right from the start of the tournament, David has never been at his best, and today, in addition, he was not as commanding as usual.

His inabilities to pull off even a single save throughout the game, combined with the fact that he let go off four goals in the penalty shootout meant that he is one of the crucial figures who failed to turn up in this match. His distribution wasn’t the best, neither was he vocal enough like he regularly is for Manchester United. He recorded only 50% passing accuracy and was simply, far from his best today.

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