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    Spain reach World Cup quarter-finals as late goal sinks Portugal

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    Portugal Portugal 0
    FIFA WC26 0-1 Finished
    Spain Spain 1
    Key moments
    1. 89'
      Yellow card BERNARDO SILVA (Portugal) is booked by
    2. 90'+1'
      Goal Mikel MERINO (Spain) scores!!
    3. 90'+3'
      Yellow card RENATO VEIGA (Portugal) is booked by
    4. 90'+8'
      Yellow card Ferran TORRES (Spain) is booked by
    Squads
    Portugal squad
    • Selected
    • 1 DIOGO COSTA Goalkeeper
    • 3 RUBEN DIAS Defender
    • 7 CRISTIANO RONALDO C Forward
    • 8 BRUNO FERNANDES Midfielder
    • 11 JOAO FELIX Forward
    • 13 RENATO VEIGA Defender
    • 15 JOAO NEVES Midfielder
    • 18 PEDRO NETO Forward
    • 20 JOAO CANCELO Defender
    • 23 VITINHA Midfielder
    • 25 NUNO MENDES Defender
    • 2 NELSON SEMEDO Defender
    • 4 TOMAS ARAUJO Defender
    • 5 DIOGO DALOT Defender
    • 6 MATHEUS NUNES Midfielder
    • 9 GONCALO RAMOS Forward
    • 10 BERNARDO SILVA Midfielder
    • 12 JOSE SA Goalkeeper
    • 14 GONCALO INACIO Defender
    • 16 FRANCISCO TRINCAO Forward
    • 17 RAFAEL LEAO Forward
    • 19 GONCALO GUEDES Forward
    • 21 RUBEN NEVES Midfielder
    • 22 RUI SILVA Goalkeeper
    • 24 SAMU COSTA Defender
    • 26 FRANCISCO CONCEICAO Forward
    Spain squad
    • Selected
    • 10 Dani OLMO Forward
    • 12 Pedro PORRO Defender
    • 14 Aymeric LAPORTE Defender
    • 15 Alex BAENA Midfielder
    • 16 RODRI C Midfielder
    • 19 Lamine YAMAL Forward
    • 20 PEDRI Midfielder
    • 21 Mikel OYARZABAL Forward
    • 22 Pau CUBARSI Defender
    • 23 Unai SIMON Goalkeeper
    • 24 Marc CUCURELLA Defender
    • 1 David RAYA Goalkeeper
    • 2 Marc PUBILL Defender
    • 3 Alex GRIMALDO Defender
    • 4 Eric GARCIA Defender
    • 5 Marcos LLORENTE Defender
    • 6 Mikel MERINO Midfielder
    • 7 Ferran TORRES Forward
    • 8 Fabian RUIZ Midfielder
    • 9 GAVI Midfielder
    • 11 Yeremy PINO Forward
    • 13 Joan GARCIA Goalkeeper
    • 17 Nico WILLIAMS Forward
    • 18 Martin ZUBIMENDI Midfielder
    • 25 Victor MUNOZ Forward
    • 26 Borja IGLESIAS Forward

    Sources
    2
    Outlets
    2
    Left · Centre · Right
    0 · 1 · 1

    In short

    • Spain beat Portugal to reach the World Cup quarterfinals.
    • A stoppage-time goal decided the tie.
    • Portugal are knocked out of the tournament.

    How this story developed

    • 4 months ago Follow-up coverage corroborates the earlier account, reaffirming that Merino's late goal secured Spain's 1-0 victory in Dallas, ended Ronaldo's World Cup campaign and set up a quarterfinal against either the USA or Belgium.
    • 4 months ago Substitute Mikel Merino is now named as the man whose stoppage-time strike sealed a 1-0 win over Portugal in Dallas, a result that knocks Cristiano Ronaldo's side out and sends Spain through to face the winner of the USA-Belgium fixture.
    • 4 months ago Spain have reached the World Cup quarterfinals after beating Portugal in a closely fought all-Iberian tie settled by a stoppage-time winner, though the scoreline, goalscorers and venue remain unconfirmed at this stage.
    1. BBC Sport Merino strikes in stoppage time to send Spain past Portugal
    2. Fox News Spain edge past Portugal to end Ronaldo’s World Cup run

    Where outlets differ

    Centre outlets 1

    Only here: merino, strikes, stoppage, time, send

    Right-leaning outlets 1

    Only here: edge, ronaldo, world

    Every side used: spain, past, portugal

    Headline columns compared word for word; nothing in them is AI-written.

    Coverage · 2 sources

    Bias meters

    Left0%
    Centre50%
    Right50%

    From 2 rated sources.

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