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Spain set a World Cup record for completed passes in a game. But it counted for nothing in the end as the 2010 champion failed to make good use of the ball before losing a penalty shootout to Russia.

FIFA's in-game analysis showed Spain's players successfully passed to each other 1,029 times against Russia in Sunday's round of 16 game. That's more than eight passes per minute and more than 12 of the 32 World Cup teams managed in all of their three group-stage games combined.

Sweden advanced to the round of 16 having completed just 660 passes, and used them to score five goals.

Spain managed a single goal Sunday in a 1-1 draw, and that one was inadvertently put in his own net by a Russian defender.

Having 74 percent of possession simply was not effective against a well-organized Russia defense.