Portugal vs Spain Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16: POR 0-1 ESP At Full-Time | Mikel Merino Scores Winner To Sink Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal

Portugal vs Spain Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026: Mikel Merino, coming off the bench, scored the only goal of the match as Spain eliminated Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal from the FIFA World Cup. With this defeat, Ronaldo’s World Cup career has come to an end. Having played in six editions, the 41-year-old is the only player to score in six tournaments. However, with 11 goals, it was somewhat of a disappointing career at the biggest sporting spectacle in the World. Meanwhile, Spain will now face the winner from USA vs Belgium in the quarter-finals. 

It is a European face-off in the FIFA World Cup as Portugal takes on Spain in Dallas. Given that it could be the last World Cup game for Cristiano Ronaldo if Portugal is knocked out today, a lot of eyes would be on this match-up. The 41-year-old, having scored his first goal in the knockout stages of the tournament in the previous clash, announced yesterday that this would be his last FIFA World Cup. Earlier, Ronaldo’s sister had announced that he is playing his last major tournament for Portugal. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Spain’s talismanic forward has been the 18-year-old Lamine Yamal, who is a week away from turning 19. Despite the differences in their age, the game has been looked at as a Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lamine Yamal clash. Will the young blood retire Ronaldo from the FIFA World Cup? Let’s find out as live action from POR vs ESP is minutes away.

FIFA World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Portugal Results

Portugal won a dramatic Round of 32 clash against Croatia to make it to this stage of the tournament, where three goals were disallowed. Here is a look at their results:

• Portugal 1-1 DR Congo
• Portugal 5-0 Uzbekistan
• Colombia 0-0 Portugal
• Round of 32: Portugal 2-1 Croatia

FIFA World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Spain Results

Like Portugal, Spain’s FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign started with an unexpected draw. Since then the Luis de la Fuente-coached side has won each of their games. Here is a look at their results:

• Spain 0-0 Cape Verde
• Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia
• Uruguay 0-1 Spain
• Round of 32: Spain 3-0 Austria

FIFA World Cup 2026, Portugal vs Spain: Portugal Squad

Diogo Costa, Jose Sa, Rui Silva, Ricardo Velho, Tomas Araujo, Joao Cancelo, Diogo Dalot, Ruben Dias, Goncalo Inacio, Nuno Mendes, Matheus Nunes, Nelson Semedo, Renato Veiga, Samuel Costa, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Neves, Ruben Neves, Bernardo Silva, Vitinha, Francisco Conceicao, Joao Felix, Goncalo Guedes, Rafael Leao, Pedro Neto, Goncalo Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Francisco Trincao

FIFA World Cup 2026, Portugal vs Spain: Spain Squad

Unai Simon, David Raya, Joan Garcia, Pedro Porro, Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Pubill, Eric Garcia, Marc Cucurella, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rodrigo Hernandez, Martin Zubimendi, Pedri Gonzalez, Fabian Ruiz, Mikel Merino, Pablo Paez ‘Gavi’, Alex Baena, Mikel Oyarzabal, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Borja Iglesias, Dani Olmo, Victor Munoz, Nico Williams, Yeremy Pino

FIFA World Cup 2026, Portugal vs Spain: Staarting Lineups

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

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