European champions Spain face Iberian rivals Portugal in a last-16 showdown pitting teen prodigy Lamine Yamal against 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo. Win or lose, the Portuguese veteran has vowed he will be “one thousand per cent” at peace with his career. Follow our liveblog for minute-by-minute match commentary.
The first stops a Yamal curler from the right. Then Baena picks up the loose ball on the left and Costa does brilliantly to tip the ball away for a corner.
Both shots were heading in.
Ronaldo tests Simon!
Ronaldo, again, smacks a powerful shot straight at the Spain keeper, from a tight angle.
It’s another corner for Portugal, but the defence clears.
Ronaldo appeals for penalty
Corner for Portugal and the veteran drops to the turf in the Spain box, but the referee is not interested.
Better from the Selecao.
What a miss!
A glorious chance for Oyarzabal who is through on goal but sends the ball wide of the far post — possibly thinking he was offside.
The replay shows he wasn’t.
Oyarzabal with the first shot on target
The Real Sociedad forward, who has quietly made his way to four goals in this tournament, fires from distance but it’s central and no trouble for Diogo Costa.
Spain’s Yamal wasn’t even born when Ronaldo scored in the first of his six World Cups. Twenty years on, they go head-to-head in a mouthwatering clash at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs.
