🎥 Bring on Portugal or Croatia! Spain cruise into the last 16

🎥 Bring on Portugal or Croatia! Spain cruise into the last 16 Spain are the latest team to book their place in the FIFA World Cup round of 16. Thanks to goals from Oyarzábal (two) and Pedro Porro, La   Roja beat Austria 3-0 this Thursday (2). The match was played at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.  They now await the winner of Portugal vs Croatia, who will face off later today (8pm Brasília time).  Spain have now gone 34 matches without tasting defeat - since March 2024. Highlights coming soon.  Mikel Oyarzábal is... THE MAN! The Real Sociedad forward continues to underline his status as the deadliest player of the Luis de la Fuente era.  He scored Spain's first goal of the match after an assist from Cucurella. He also wrapped things up in the 89th minute after yet another perfect cross from Real Madrid's new full-back. He now has 13 goals in 12 games for the national team this season - since last September. Four of them have come at the World Cup.  It was his fifth direct goal contribution, as he also has an assist. Only David Villa (five goals and one assist in 2010) is ahead of him among Spaniards at World Cups.  He has drawn level with Míchel (four goals and one assist in 1990) and Butragueño (five goals in 1986).  Now are they for real? After struggling - and failing - to break down Cape Verde, and producing a below-par display against Uruguay, Spain did what was expected of them. They controlled Austria from the start and created enough chances for a rout. Cucurella had actually scored before Oyarzábal, but there was a foul in the build-up. And Schlager pulled off miracles from a free-kick and then by denying Yamal.  The deserved second goal, given Spain's work on the ball, came from Pedro Porro (66'). A passing move, a battle for the ball, and it broke kindly for him to score his first goal for the national team. Oyarzábal's already mentioned second goal only added to the outstanding display from a Spain side that has truly arrived.  A record for Unai Simón? The Bilbao player has become the goalkeeper with the most minutes without conceding in World Cup history. 📸 ETIENNE LAURENT - AFP or licensors Among Spaniards, he had been behind Casillas and his 476 minutes across the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. And he also surpassed Walter Zenga. The former Italian goalkeeper had held the record with 517 minutes without conceding. That came from five full matches at the 1990 World Cup plus another 67 minutes before Caniggia scored for Argentina. Unai Simón's current run began in the group-stage match against Japan at the Qatar World Cup, with 39 minutes. He also kept a clean sheet in the 0-0 draw with Morocco in the round of 16 - Spain would go out on penalties. And now he has added four more complete matches.  This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.