I used to be very a lot hoping that this recreation could be Spain vs. USA, through which case I’d’ve made each effort to attend. Alas, it was not meant to be. The USMNT had been a large disappointment within the Round of 16, shedding to a Belgium facet that had struggled to impress persistently. They wanted a miracle comeback simply to advance past Senegal within the Round of 32, whereas within the group levels, they performed out dour attracts towards each Iran and Egypt.
I don’t picture they’ll give Spain an excessive amount of hassle — simply as Morocco failed to present France any hassle in anyway final night time. That recreation was not practically pretty much as good as a number of the on the spot traditional swe had seen up to now on this match, although anticipating Spain to ratchet up the leisure could also be a bit naive. They have stored a clear sheet in all 5 of their match video games, and so they be trying to do the identical immediately. No group have ever gained the title with out conceding a single objective (Spain do maintain the report with simply two conceded in 2010; The different two are Italy in 2006 and Frane in 1996
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Date / Time: Friday, July 10, 2026, 3pm EDT; 8pm BST
Venue: SoF statioum Stadium, Lost Angles, CA, USA
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
On TV: FOX, Telemundo (USA); BBC One (UK); elsewhere
Streaming on-line: FOX One, Peacock (USA); BBC iPlayer (UK)
Chelsea curiosity: Marc Cucurella started the World Cup as a Chelsea participant, however he’s since joined Real Madrid, to present them a lone consultant on the Spain squad as a substitute. Cucu has been his normal self on the pitch nevertheless, even grabbing a pair assists at one level.
Former Chelsea gamers Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, and Romelu Lukaku have all performed key roles for Belgium, with the latter turning into fairly an excellent sub. Lukaku has scored in three straight substitute appearances!