Spain 3 - Russia 0

Spain: Sergio; César Ortíz, Rober, Soria, Guillem; César Azpilicueta (Vergara 58'), Marcos Gullón, Camacho, Hermosa (Bojan 41'); Aarón (Baena 78'), Rubén. 4-4-2.
Russia: Pomozan; Samsonov, Morozov, Vlasov, Amirkhanov; Gagloev (Mochalin 58'), Fomin, Kashiev, Gorbatenko (Marenich 64'); Ryzhov, Prudnikov (Korotaev 49'). 4-4-2.

Goals: 1-0. 57. Aarón; 2-0. 63. Vergara; 3-0. 73. Gullón.

Spain ensured themselves a place in the semi-finals of the tournament with a 3-0 win over Russia. Both sides had won their opening matches, and honours were shared in a physical first half. But the introduction of Bojan Krkic at half time changed things, the 15 year old striker setting up Rubén for him to shoot wide, and then laying on a pass for Aarón to put his side ahead.

A few minutes later Aarón crossed in for Cristian Vergara to fire in a shot which was cleared from behind the line by a defender. Bojan knocked in the rebound just to be sure, but the referee awarded the goal to his fellow Barcelona team mate. The Russians were left with ten men when Vlasov limped off with all three substitutions made, and Villarreal's Marcos Gullón took advantage to add a third after the keeper could only push out Bojan's free kick.