FIFA World Cup

Portugal

Past match
Spain won.
Portugal lost to Spain
Spain 1 – 0 Portugal
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Match Details

AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) · 70,649 fans · FOX, Tele, FOX One View tournament bracket →

Line Score

12T
POR 00 0
ESP 01 1

Match Leaders

Spain
  • MM Mikel Merino — 1Goals
  • LY Lamine Yamal — 3Total Shots
  • US Unai Simón — 2Saves
  • PP Pedro Porro — 8Defensive Interventions
  • R Rodri — 86Accurate Passes
Portugal
  • CR Cristiano Ronaldo — 3Total Shots
  • DC Diogo Costa — 5Saves
  • RV Renato Veiga — 10Defensive Interventions
  • RV Renato Veiga — 54Accurate Passes

Key Events

90'+8'Ferran Torres (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7'Substitution, Spain. Borja Iglesias replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.
90'+4'Renato Veiga (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1'Goal! Portugal 0, Spain 1. Mikel Merino (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres with a through ball.
89'Bernardo Silva (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85'Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Dani Olmo.
85'Substitution, Spain. Fabián Ruiz replaces Pedri.
83'Substitution, Portugal. Bernardo Silva replaces Vitinha.
83'Substitution, Portugal. Francisco Conceição replaces Pedro Neto.
75'Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Álex Baena.
71'Substitution, Portugal. Rafael Leão replaces João Félix.
71'Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Dalot replaces João Cancelo.
56'Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces Nuno Mendes because of an injury.

Team Stats

SpainPortugal
General
55.4 Possession % 44.6
15 Shots 10
6 On Target 2
1 Offsides 2
7 Corners 3
13 Fouls 9
Passing & Defense
467 Passes Completed 357
1 Crosses Won 4
13 Tackles Won 9
6 Interceptions 7
13 Clearances 23
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 5

Recent Form

Portugal W D W D W
Spain W D W W W

Starting Lineups

Portugal

  1. DC #1 Diogo CostaG
  2. RV #13 Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. RD #3 Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. NM #25 Nuno MendesLB
  5. JC #20 João CanceloRB
  6. BF #8 Bruno FernandesAM
  7. JN #15 João NevesLM
  8. V #23 VitinhaRM
  9. CR #7 Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. JF #11 João FélixAM-L
  11. PN #18 Pedro NetoAM-R

Spain

  1. US #23 Unai SimónG
  2. AL #14 Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. PC #22 Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. MC #24 Marc CucurellaLB
  5. PP #12 Pedro PorroRB
  6. DO #10 Dani OlmoAM
  7. P #20 PedriLM
  8. R #16 RodriRM
  9. MO #21 Mikel OyarzabalF
  10. ÁB #15 Álex BaenaAM-L
  11. LY #19 Lamine YamalAM-R

Roster

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News

Cristiano Ronaldo says this year is ‘probably’ his last as a footballer
· The Guardian
Al-Nassr and Portugal forward expects to retire soon Ronaldo has more than 950 goals for club and country Cristiano Ronaldo believes this year is “probably” his last as a professional footballer, the 41-year-old…
Fifa flies Portugal’s World Cup team on plane used for ICE deportations
· The Guardian
Aircraft that transported team to match is same one used to deport dozens of Venezuelans to Cecot mega-prison A plane used by the Portugal men’s soccer team to fly to a World Cup match is the same one used daily for the…
‘I go with a clear conscience’: Cristiano Ronaldo confirms he has played his last World Cup game
· The Guardian
Portugal lose last-16 game 1-0 against Spain Martínez: ‘When you need a goal, you cannot take him off’ Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he has played his last World Cup game, but said that even at 41 he has not yet…
Portugal 0-1 Spain: World Cup 2026 last 16 – as it happened
· The Guardian
Mikel Merino’s added-time goal settled a poor match and sent Portugal home with a whimper The great pennant showdown. Spain have managed to pull off a feat previously considered almost impossible, by producing a pennant…
Merino strikes at the death for Spain to send Portugal and Ronaldo limping out
· The Guardian
It ended with a goal from a tall, slightly ungainly figure driving through the centre-forward position – but perhaps not the one that the narrative demanded. In stoppage time, Mikel Merino ran on to Ferran Torres’s…

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