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Spain 3-0 Austria
Darren Cann
Former Premier League assistant referee on BBC One
It is consistent with the refereeing earlier in the tournament but certainly in the Premier League, that would be given.
I would have given goal, but I can see why it was ruled out. It is similar to the Tah one for Germany.
Spain 3-0 Austria
Dion Dublin
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
I don't think there is anything wrong with that at all.
There is three Spain players around Alexander Schlager and he should be stronger.
They're allowed to stand there and jump for the ball, you don't have to allow the goalkeeper to catch it.
I think it is absolutely ridiculous, I think that is a perfectly legal goal.
Spain 3-0 Austria
Marc Cucurella smashed the ball into the back of the net from close range, but the referee was quick to blow his whistle and disallow the goal.
What do you think?
Spain 3-0 Austria
Emma Smith
BBC Sport
Spain won a knockout match at the men's World Cup for the first time in 16 years as they cruised past Austria in Los Angeles to reach the last 16.
After 36 minutes of gradually increasing pressure, Spain finally took the lead when Marc Cucurella's low cross was swept home from 12 yards by Mikel Oyarzabal.
They deservedly doubled their lead in the 66th minute when patient build-up ended in right-back Pedro Porro charging into the box to head home Alex Baena's cross.
And a crushing victory was sealed as Cucurella and Oyarzabal combined again with a minute remaining. The new Real Madrid left-back played a perfect through-ball for the striker to slide home his fourth goal of the tournament.
Having been frustrated for the opening half an hour of the last-32 tie, Spain thought they had the lead when Cucurella smashed home a half-cleared corner - but it was disallowed as Pau Cubarsi was harshly judged to have fouled Austria keeper Alexander Schlager.
Schlager's heroics prevented Spain from being out of sight by half-time, denying Oyarzabal with a fine low save to his left, shortly before the European champions took the lead.
He then made a brilliant double save, tipping Baena's free-kick on to the crossbar before blocking Lamine Yamal's fierce follow-up with his chest.
However, Spain continued to dominate after the restart to run out comfortable winners.
Austria, playing their first World Cup knockout fixture since 1954, came close when substitute Sasa Kalajdzic headed over with his first touch.
But they rarely threatened further, meaning Spain join Mexico in not conceding a goal in their first four 2026 World Cup matches.
Oyarzabal scores twice as Spain ease past Austria
Did someone say more VAR controversy??
Let's take a look at how Spain breezed past Austria and that Marc Cucurella goal ruled out for a foul on Alexander Schlager.
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Portugal 2-1 Croatia
Neil Johnston
BBC Sport journalist in Toronto
Image source, Getty ImagesPortugal paid a touching tribute to Diogo Jota at the end of their remarkable World Cup victory against Croatia.
It is a year since Jota, while a Liverpool player, died in a car accident in Spain, 11 days after marrying his long-term partner Rute Cardoso.
His brother Andre Silva was also killed in the accident on 3 July 2025.
At the end of Portugal's drama-filled 2-1 win to set up a last-16 tie against Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo put on a special '21' shirt in Jota's memory before the squad came together with the shirt held aloft.
Before the game, towards the end of Portugal's national anthem, Jota's picture appeared on the big screen in Toronto, and was greeted with a loud cheer from the supporters.
Ronaldo also appeared emotional as the cameras focused on him, having played with Jota 32 times for their country.
"Diogo is our sun and our light," said Portugal manager Roberto Martinez before the match, having named Jota as an honorary 'plus-one' player when he announced his squad in May.
"We want to win the World Cup for him."
Jota, 28, was on his way back to Liverpool for pre-season when the car, a Lamborghini, left the road because of a tyre blowout while overtaking another vehicle.
He was making the journey to England by car and ferry as doctors had advised the forward, who celebrated winning the Premier League title two months earlier, against flying because he had undergone minor surgery.
"I still talk to him," Ruben Neves said about Jota, his close friend and former Porto, Wolves and Portugal team-mate, in the build-up to the match.
"We have a WhatsApp group with Rute and Diogo, and it's still there, and we continue to talk there," he told Portuguese TV show Alta Definicao.
"Whenever something special happens, I have the conversations archived on my WhatsApp so I can continue to send him messages."
We’ve got two more games to recap from last night.
Before we get into those, Portugal paid a fitting tribute to Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident a year-ago, on 3 July 2025.
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I think VAR is going too far. The technology should aid decision verification rather than the technology making the decision. I work in a field that rely on technology and one of the biggest topic is failure rate. What if it was a false alarm given by snicko.
Ola, Reading
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Well I guess offside is just that! We see goals scraped off regularly why should a equaliser in the extra time period be any different??? Sometimes the best team don't win, thats football. You cant allows emotions to cloud your judgement, sad but it was offside!
Sheri, Somerset
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Right call or wrong call, as a fan, VAR is awful, would you rather see a last minute debatable equaliser and Croatian fans lovin it, or have people talking about bloomin Snicko?! Get rid of VAR and get football drama and controversy back.
Wolf, York
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Just as snicko is used in the cricket, a touch is a touch no matter how slight. VAR can’t see that data & then NOT give it as offside - otherwise they would be making a clear wrong decision. Not sure what the uproar is about!
Dave, Aberdeen
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent
Fifa has spent millions in partnership with Adidas to develop the technology for semi-automated offside - which includes the chip in the ball. Or, as it is officially known, connected ball technology.
This tech is ultra sensitive and can show when the ball has been touched.
It was first used at the 2022 World Cup when, coincidentally, Cristiano Ronaldo was not credited with a goal against Uruguay when the tech said the ball had gone straight in without flicking off the head of the Portugal captain.
Was it a light touch by Igor Matanovic? For sure, but it was there. And that meant Mario Pasalic had to be offside.
Just like in cricket, if the spike is present the ball has been touched. The catch has to be given. Here, the offside must be given.
If the goal had been allowed to stand and Croatia went on to win, it would clearly be unacceptable to Portugal that Fifa ignore its own technology.
Image source, Getty ImagesIgor Matanovic was judged to have flicked the ball on, causing the offside
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I remember when VAR was sold to us as a way to sort out “clear and obvious errors”. There was nothing clear and obvious about that.
Sam, Bath
VAR is a soulless mechanism for micro managing a game that is based on pace, excitement and emotion. It was supposed to sort out clear and obvious errors? Instead it has everyone, everytime waiting for officials looking for reasons to rule out goals, ruining the beautiful game, get rid, joke!!
Graham, Manchester
Let’s get back to discussing VAR, your opinions and how Fifa have been developing the technology that caused controversy last night.
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
The Portugal v Croatia game saw two of the top 10 oldest players to score at a World Cup, with Perisic scoring in the 53rd minute and Ronaldo's penalty in the 68th minute.
List of oldest World Cup goalscorers:
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
'The old men' Ronaldo and Modric reunited before kick-off.
Let's have a quick look at a list of the oldest players to score at a World Cup.
After that, we’ll dig into the VAR decision a bit more before recapping the other two World Cup games from last night.
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
It's crazy how good Modric still looks. He isn't shoehorned into the line-up like some other 40+ year olds. It feels like he could continue to play for a couple more years. But I think internationally he's humble enough to know his time's up.
Harry, Manchester
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
Lucas Leiva
Former Brazil midfielder on BBC One
Very harsh for Croatia to go out like this.
Luka Modric, probably his last game in the World Cup. I think Portugal did enough to win. It was a close game.
A legend of the game. I think he has shown for 20-odd years how good he is.
It comes from a time when you feel sad for him, but he has had a great career. He took Croatia to the highest level in the World Cup. A great player.
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
Neil Johnston
BBC Sport journalist at Toronto Stadium
Image source, Getty ImagesWhile Ronaldo lives to fight another day on the World Cup stage, it is the end of an era for Modric, who will be 44 when the next World Cup takes place in 2030.
The midfielder has already hinted that he is approaching a defining moment with Croatia.
Modric, who was making his 23rd World Cup appearance, was consoled by Ronaldo, his former Real Madrid team-mate, after the final whistle.
"I know I have reached a certain phase in my career," Modric said recently.
He had brought up his 200th appearance for the national team in Toronto on 24 June, when Croatia defeated Panama 1-0 in a group game.
At the end of that game, Modric was lifted into the air by his team-mates to mark his reaching the incredible milestone.
But there were no such celebrations this time for Modric, who made his Croatia debut in 2006.
"It is very harsh for Croatia to go out like this, for Luka Modric, probably his last game in the World Cup," former Brazil midfielder Lucas Leiva told BBC Sport.
"A legend of the game. I think he has shown for 20-odd years how good he is. You feel sad for him, but he has had a great career.
"He took Croatia to the highest level in the World Cup. A great player."
It certainly wasn't the way Modric would have wanted to bow out of his final World Cup game.
I think the rest of the footballing world also agree...
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
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| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
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