{"id":2701,"date":"2026-07-03T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:34:24","slug":"spain-routs-austria-to-advance-in-world-cup-to-meet-winner-of-portugal-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"Spain routs Austria to advance in World Cup, to meet winner of Portugal-Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>La Furia Roja showed their fury.<\/p>\n<p>Spain routed Austria 3-0 in a World Cup Round of 32 match in Los Angeles on Thursday, as striker Mikel Oyarzabal logged a brace to rise in the Golden Boot race.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2699\">Congo coach surprised to share news of his father\u2019s death after World Cup game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lamine Yamal headlined the starting lineup as he gradually returns to full fitness from a hamstring injury. Spain had its most in-form players available except left-winger Nico Williams, who suffered another setback late vs. Uruguay in the group stage finale. Alex Baena again started in Williams&#8217; place.<\/p>\n<p>Austria was always the heavy underdog coming into the game. Despite having experienced defenders and midfielders at the highest club levels, the attack didn&#8217;t have enough individual quality to break Spain down.<\/p>\n<p>It was understandably all Spain throughout the first half. Austria struggled to get on the ball and match Spain&#8217;s technical quality, with Yamal seeing plenty of the rock down the right flank. The heavy attention on him created more space on the opposite side.<\/p>\n<p>In the 36th minute as the game sped up following the hydration break, left-back Marc Cucurella found himself in wide open space for a cutback cross. His low pass found striker Oyarzabal for a slick one-time finish.<\/p>\n<p>The best chance after that in the first half came after Baena just hit the crossbar on a free kick. Yamal found himself wide open for a potential tap-in from close range, but his shot went right at goalie Alexander Schlager for a big save.<\/p>\n<p>Spain continued to dominate in the second half. Yamal was found early several times with clipped lobbed passes, but he struggled to find the space necessary to deal damage.<\/p>\n<p>The second goal then also came down the left flank. Cucurella and Baena linked up, which resulted in the latter crossing into the box. Right-back Pedro Porro made a darting untracked run into the middle of the box to head home with pace in the 66th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2697\">Top Twins prospect, nicknamed \u2018Captain America,\u2019 helps fainting child on field<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Austria&#8217;s second-half substitutes ran into the same issues as the starters. Spain&#8217;s defense suffocated them and the technical gap remained large.<\/p>\n<p>Things looked all set in stone deep into the 80th minute, but Spain managed to add a third on the counter attack. Cucurella once again played an enticing ball toward Oyarzabal&#8217;s path as he made a clever run behind Austria&#8217;s backline.<\/p>\n<p>Oyarzabal then showed elite composure to roll it home and clearly remained onside in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Spain ended the game with 2.84 expected goals across 23 shots and 51 touches in the box, per data-tracking platform FotMob. Austria mustered just 0.32 on five shots.<\/p>\n<p>La Furia Roja in 2022 exited in the Round of 16 after Morocco pulled off the shocking upset via a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n<p>They now await the winner of Portugal and Croatia in the Round of 16. Both sides have elite midfields that could match Spain, though one has the pressure of succeeding with Cristiano Ronaldo aiming for his first World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2695\">USA win vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina most-watched soccer telecast in English language history<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWho will finish as the top scorer at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? Former Team USA captain and MLS analyst Brian Dunseth breaks down the leading Golden Boot contenders, including Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Erling Haaland.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain had little trouble vs. Austria in the World Cup Round of 32 Thursday with a 3-0 win. 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