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Digg ThisVIENNA, June 26 (Reuters) - Highlights of the Euro 2008 semi-final between Russia and Spain on Thursday:
RESULT. RUSSIA 0 SPAIN 3.
88 ACTION - Casillas makes a great reflex save to stop substitute Sychev's header from point-blank range.
82 GOAL. RUSSIA 0 SPAIN 3 - Silva fires home Spain's third after a great pass from Fabregas.
73 GOAL. RUSSIA 0 SPAIN 2 - Four minutes after coming on, substitute Guiza dinks the ball over the keeper and into the net after a neat pass from Fabregas.
70 ACTION - Fabregas nearly catches Akinfeyev out with a shot from the edge of the area but the keeper turns it over bar.
69 SUBSTITUTIONS - Spain make a double substitution; striker Daniel Guiza coming on for Torres who has run himself out and Xabi Alonso replacing Xavi as they look to tighten the midfield.
63 ACTION - Torres misses another great chance, miscuing a shot from close range with his knee after another Ramos cross.
61 ACTION - Torres snaps a shot past the near post after good work by Ramos on the right.
60 YELLOW CARD - Bilyaletdinov is booked for a foul on Silva.
57 SUBSTITUTION - Russia forward Dmitry Sychev comes on for Ivan Saenko.
57 YELLOW CARD - Yuri Zhirkov is booked for a trip on Iniesta
56 SUBSTITUTION - Russia replace Igor Semshov with midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
52 ACTION - Torres nearly makes it 2-0 as he sweeps a shot over the bar after another sharp move involving Xavi.
50 GOAL. RUSSIA 0 SPAIN 1 - Xavi steers the ball into the net from close range off a wicked cross from the left from Andres Iniesta.
HALFTIME. RUSSIA 0 SPAIN 0.
35 SUBSTITUTION - Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas comes on for Villa who looks to have picked up an injury.
31 ACTION - Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko curls in a dangerous shot which Spain keeper Iker Casillas just gets his fingertips to, though the corner is not given. 11 ACTION - Spain striker David Villa takes a snap shot from just outside the area, but Akinfeyev makes the save as a thunderstorm breaks over the stadium.
6 ACTION - Spain striker Fernando Torres turns quickly and shoots in the area but Russia keeper Igor Akinfeyev blocks well.
KICKOFF 1 - Russia kick off.
(Reporting by Simon Baskett, editing by Trevor Huggins)
