The teams
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
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Spain set record with 6th clean sheet in a row
Spain broke a World Cup record with its sixth consecutive clean sheet and goalkeeper Unai Simón extended his record shutout streak to 609 minutes.
Spain broke its tie with Italy (1990) and Switzerland (2006-10) for the most consecutive World Cup matches not allowing a goal.
The streak began with a 0-0 draw in the round of 16 in 2022, when Morocco advanced after a penalty shootout.
And here's our match report
Rubio weighs in on Balogun saga
Yes, the US Secretary of State actually said this.
Relief for Spain after 90 minutes of deadlock
Ferran Torres and Mikel Merino's goal-scoring combination made it look so easy in the end, but Spain truly laboured against Portugal today.
Next up for them is the winner of the USA vs Belgium match, which will start in just over two hours.
Spain end Ronaldo's World Cup career
Ronaldo's career on football's biggest stage is over.
Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
Full time! Spain are through!
Bruno Fernandes sends a last free-kick into the box and Joao Neves throws himself at it, but it's wide.
That's it! Spain have qualified!
Silva so close!
Silva heads just over the bar! So close!
Surely that was the last chance.
Portugal pour forward
The Selecao pour forward, but it's too little, too late.
Renato Veiga is booked for a rash challenge on Yamal.
Six minutes of injury time
Two gone already, four left.
- Rematch of last year’s Nations League final
- Spain unchanged, Joao Felix starts for Portugal
- We're off!
- Costa with back-to-back saves!
- Portugal hit the crossbar!
- Half-time!
- Merino with the opener! Portugal 0-1 Spain!
- Merino with the opener! Portugal 0-1 Spain!
- Full time! Spain are through!
Merino with the opener! Portugal 0-1 Spain!
The newcomer finds the opener in the first minute of injury time!
Silva booked
Something happens, a booking!
It's a yellow card for the sub Bernardo Silva, who shoves aside fellow sub Mikel Merino.
A bunch of changes
Pedro Neto and Vitinha are replaced by Bernardo Silva and Francisco Conceicao.
Spain swap Pedri for Fabian Ruiz.
Dias blocks Olmo shot
Olmo creates space for a shot at goal but Ruben Dias is in the way.
Spain have upped the tempo a little.
Bruno Fernandes finds the side netting
The Manchester United forward answers at the other end, lashing a shot into the side netting.
Yamal's free-kick tipped over the bar
Yamal wins a free-kick out on the right. He goes for goal but Costa tips it over the bar.
Hydration break
The referee has had enough and sends the players for a drink and a chat with the coach.
Spain looking a little clueless
A lot of sterile possession for La Roja, and some poor finishing too.
Baena eventually attempts a shot on goal but it's weak and no trouble for 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.
