Portugal beat Croatia 2-0 in the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a goal and Gonçalo Ramos scoring the second. Spain won against Austria 4-0, with Mikel Oyarzabal scoring a brace.
Portugal beat Croatia 2-0 in the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a goal and Gonçalo Ramos scoring the second. Spain won against Austria 4-0, with Mikel Oyarzabal scoring a brace and a goal for Lamine Yamal. Here's the best of yesterday's World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Forward, Portugal) Ronaldo had played eight knockout matches at the World Cup before yesterday's match, without ever scoring. Yesterday, however, he scored by scoring a penalty in the 68th minute. The penalty was awarded for a foul by Nikola Vlasic on Renato Veiga.
Gonçalo Ramos (Forward, Portugal) Ramos entered the field in the 62nd minute of the match and replaced Ronaldo in the 81st minute. In added time, in the 94th minute, he headed the goal to make it 2-0 following an assist from Rafael Leão.
Marc Cucurella (Defender, Spain) Cucurella provided an excellent assist to Mikel Oyarzabal for Spain's third goal in the 4-0 win against Austria. Oyarzabal also scored a goal in the first half and finished the match with 2 goals.
Diogo Costa (Goalkeeper, Portugal) Costa showed great reflexes and made several important saves, including one from a shot by Mateo Kovačić that looked destined for a goal.
Canada reached the round of 16 of the World Cup for the first time, beating South Africa 1-0. Jesse Marsch's team will face the winner between Morocco and the Netherlands.
Ange Postecoglou has been officially appointed as Al-Nassr manager, taking over from Jorge Jesus and managing Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League.
Fenerbahçe deny Mason Greenwood transfer rumours, stating that no member of their football committee is currently in France for such discussions.