2026.07.06 23:20

The 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match between Portugal and Spain has kicked off.

Axar.az reports that the match kicked off at 23:00. The teams lined up as follows:

Portugal:
Diogo Costa, Ruben Dias, Renato Veiga, Joao Cancelo, Nuno Mendes, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Neves, Vitinha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Felix, Pedro Neto.

Substitutes:
Jose Sa, Rui Silva, Nelson Semedo, Tomas Araujo, Diogo Dalot, Gonсalo Inacio, Samu Costa, Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Neves, Goncalo Ramos, Francisco Trincao, Rafael Leao, Goncalo Guedes, Francisco Conceicao.

Spain:
Unai Simon, Pedro Porro, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella, Alex Baena, Rodri, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal.

Substitutes:
David Raya, Joan Garcia, Marc Pubill, Alex Grimaldo, Eric Garcia, Marcos Llorente, Mikel Merino, Fabian Ruiz, Gavi, Martin Zubimendi, Ferran Torres, Yeremy Pino, Nico Williams, Victor Munoz, Borja Iglesias.

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Mikel Merino scored in the closing minutes to give Spain a 1-0 lead.

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Spain defeated their opponents 1-0 to secure a place in the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.