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ESPNSpain strike late to book WC semifinal with France...
In an outcome that felt inevitable for most of the game, Spain beat Belgium 2-1 with a late goal from a familiar face Friday.
ESPNMerino: 'Surreal' to net Spain's WC winner again
Spain midfielder Mikel Merino came off the bench to score a late winning goal against Belgium, securing a 2-1 victory and advancing La Roja to the World Cup semifinals.
ESPNMeet your World Cup quarterfinalists! How they got...
Four weeks after the World Cup began, the quarterfinals are underway, with each team three wins from lifting the trophy. Next up, Norway vs. England.
The Guardian FootballMerino puts Spain into World Cup semi-finals as Belgium rue costly Courtois injury
Mikel Merino’s amazing moment arrived once more, an entire country circling the corner flag with him as football, which somehow always finds a way, provided another absurdly tall tale. The man who came on to score the late, late goals that took Spain into a European championship semi-final two years ago and a World Cup quarter-final four days ago, only went and did it again. And this time it was even better, his two-month old son Marco, who he has hardly seen, in attendance here. “As he wasn’t there for the quarter-finals, I had to do it in the semi-final too so he could experience it as well,” Merino said. It is some experience, some hat-trick, some story. What Merino did doesn’t make any sense. For this to happen once is dramatic enough, for it to happen twice messes with your mind, for it to happen a third blows it to bits; what is this sorcery? It was 1-1, the seconds were slipping from them and Spain were desperately seeking a way through when he was introduced as a sub again. Continue reading...
BBC SportAre France beatable? - BBC experts have their say
France are the overwhelming favourites to win the World Cup. BBC Sport's reporters in America look for chinks in their armour.
BBC SportSpain's World Cup challenge built on record-breaking historic defence
If Spain are to get their hands on the World Cup trophy again, they may have their defence, rather than their attack, to thank.
The Guardian FootballWorld Cup 2026: Trump admits lobbying Fifa over Balogun; Henderson out of tournament as England set up Norway quarter-final – live
⚽️ World Cup news and reaction as the last 16 continues ⚽️ Uefa accuses Fifa of ‘crossing red line’ over Balogun ⚽️ Mexico 2-3 England | Player guide | And email us We haven’t even mentioned Balogun-gate yet. The Belgian FA, and you can assume a large proportion of the football world, has been left “astonished” by Fifa’s decision after lobbying by Donald Trump to reverse the suspension given to the striker for his red card in the team’s win over Bosnia and Herzegovina . He is now free to play in the last-16 game against Belgium. Sources have told the Guardian that Trump made three calls to Fifa, starting from Wednesday, to ensure that the change was made. Continue reading...
The Guardian FootballLuis de la Fuente: ‘I say this with the greatest respect: we have the best midfield in the world’
Spain’s manager answers your questions on advice for Lamine Yamal, the hardest thing about being a coach and how the current team compares to the winners of 2010 “You’ve filtered these, right?” Luis de la Fuente asks, looking at the laptop of your questions on the table in front of him, and cracking up. He takes his seat on the third floor of the Cotton Bowl, Dallas, where Spain have just finished training ahead of their last-16 meeting with Portugal. Some of the players are still out there in the sunshine, in the place where Bebeto rocked the baby in 1994. It is the morning after that Cape Verde performance against Argentina. The World Cup is a creator of memories, pictures in the mind that never go. We all have one, or more. “Because of what it means for Spain, it has to be [Andrés] Iniesta’s goal,” De la Fuente says. “It’s not very original but that’s the image of the World Cup for us. I would have been at home watching it. I have always been very into the national team. Whenever the Selección played, it was an event at my parents’ house. My parents would watch, my brothers and sisters, people would come round to watch. That’s in Haro, La Rioja. And then as a professional, wherever the game found me, I would watch it. I would enjoy every World Cup game, but especially the Spain ones. There are other images of the World Cup, but that’s the most powerful.” Continue reading...
ESPNSpain finally have World Cup mojo back with first ...
Heading into the World Cup, Spain's record since their 2010 triumph was three tournaments, zero knockout wins. But after beating Austria 3-0, they're back in business.
ESPNOyarzabal fires Spain past Austria to WC last 16
Mikel Oyarzabal scored twice as Spain cruised into the World Cup round of 16 with a 3-0 win over Austria at SoFi Stadium on Thursday.
The Guardian FootballMikel Oyarzabal at the double as Spain beat Austria and cruise into last 16
The group stage is something you have to do but the World Cup starts here, Lamine Yamal had insisted, and down on the Pacific that was how it played out. It wasn’t just that Spain defeated Austria to reach the last 16 against Portugal or Croatia, their first victory at the knockout stage since they were champions in 2010; it was that on an enjoyable sunny afternoon they were Spain again. Two goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and another from Pedro Porro completed a 3-0 win that was as recognisably theirs as their coach had requested beforehand. “Almost perfect,” Luis de la Fuente called it afterwards. For the fourth consecutive game Spain kept a clean sheet, Unai Simón breaking Iker Casillas’s 2010 title-winning record while Pau Cubarsí and Aymeric Laporte confirmed their status as the centre-back partnership of the tournament so far, but what really stood out was what was happening either side and in front of them. Continue reading...
ESPNUnfit stars, wasting chances: Are Spain still amon...
They may have booked a round-of-32 tie vs. Austria as group winners, but Spain's performances raised doubts about the team and coach Luis de la Fuente.
The Guardian FootballFabián Ruiz: ‘It’s not important who plays, it’s important we support each other’ | Sid Lowe
On the eve of their last-32 game with Austria, Spain’s unassuming midfielder explains their team spirit and about finding his rhythm after injury At the Embassy Suites on Broad Street, downtown Chattanooga, the vans have pulled out for the last time. The day before departure, like every day, a small crowd of kids had climbed barriers and trees, trying to get a glimpse of Spain’s players. A girl stood on a ladder and held a placard in each hand, raised above the fence. One said: “I’ve been here three weeks. I know you’ve seen me!” The other ran: “Please come out!” On Wednesday afternoon, Tennessee time, they did. They won’t be back. Continue reading...
ESPNReranking Europe's top clubs by player performance...
Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and PSG players have impressed, but which clubs have had the best World Cup?
ESPNFrom Brazil to U.S., Spain: Why every round-of-32 ...
Then there were 32. Let's review why each team still alive at the World Cup could win the whole thing.
The Guardian FootballManchester United’s Manuel Ugarte set for spell on sidelines with knee injury
Injury occurred in Uruguay’s World Cup clash with Spain ‘Assessment of the injury is ongoing’ Manuel Ugarte could be facing a long spell on the sidelines after sustaining a knee ligament injury during Uruguay’s 1-0 World Cup defeat by Spain. The 25-year-old Manchester United player was carried off on a stretcher shortly before half-time after appearing to twist awkwardly while closing down the Spain midfielder Pedri. Continue reading...
ESPNSpain's listless performance won't cut it against ...
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The Guardian FootballUruguay’s shock early exit ends with red card as Baena sends Spain through
Uruguay are out of the World Cup again and for all that it ended in anger, a red card and a touchline row, it is nobody’s fault but their own. “3 million dreams,” the banner said high in the stands in Guadalajara but this was a recurring nightmare. Divided and dysfunctional, led by a man who barely even says buenos dias to his players, unable to get beyond a draw with Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde, on the night when it was all or nothing against Spain they could manage only one shot on target, which came in the 83rd minute and carried barely the slightest threat. Spain, meanwhile, had only one, and that didn’t carry much of a threat either. But a dreadful mistake from the 40-year-old Fernando Muslera allowed Álex Baena’s shot to slip into the net just before the half-time break from which the goalkeeper did not return. Uruguay fought but didn’t play much football and so they fell. For the second World Cup running they failed to get through the group and if four years ago that was on goals scored and could be explained by the teams they faced – South Korea, Ghana and Portugal – this time the opponents only made it worse, demanding a far deeper analysis. Continue reading...