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ARLINGTON, Texas: Portugal manager Roberto Martinez said he was leaving his role after Spain beat his side 1-0 in the World Cup last 16 on Monday (Jul 6), calling the defeat the end of a cycle for the team.
ARLINGTON, Texas, July 6 : Spain named an unchanged side for Monday's World Cup round of 16 match against Portugal, while Roberto Martinez made one change by bringing in Joao Felix for Rafael Leao in attack.
Timnas Portugal berhadapan dengan Timnas Spanyol di 16 besar Piala Dunia 2026. Dari sisi statistik, Selecao das Quinas atau La Furia Roja lebih baik?
DALLAS, July 5 : Cristiano Ronaldo stressed he will leave football with no regrets but stopped short of admitting the current World Cup would be his last ahead of Portugal's last-16 clash with neighbours Spain in Dallas on Monday.
July 3 : Portugal's place in the World Cup last 16 has brought relief rather than euphoria, with Roberto Martinez's side through after victory over Croatia but still struggling to match the expectations that followed them into the tournament.
Portugal mengalahkan Kroasia 2-1 untuk berjumpa dengan Spanyol di babak 16 besar Piala Dunia 2026. Portugal dan Spanyol sudah saling tahu satu sama lain.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first World Cup knockout-stage goal of his career, Goncalo Ramos netted a stoppage-time header and Portugal got a last-second break on an offside call to beat Croatia 2-1 on Thursday and set up a last-16 clash with Spain.
TORONTO: Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic said VAR is taking “the joy out of football” after seeing his team have a stoppage time equalizer disallowed in their 2-1 World Cup defeat to Portugal on Thursday. Croatia’s players thought they had grabbed an incredible equalizer when Josko Gvardiol prodded the ball into the net in the 13th minute of stoppage time in Toronto. But VAR chalked off the goal after a chip embedded in the match ball detected that it had just brushed Croatia striker Igor Matanovic while Mario Pasalic was in an offside decision in the build-up. Asked afterwards if he felt technology and VAR decisions in football had gone too far, Dalic broadly agreed. “You were able to see to what extent emotions have been literally killed, and altogether these decisions take you back and actually take the joy out of football,” Dalic said in a press conference, according to a FIFA interpreter. “I’m not saying that sometimes VAR can’t be of help, but it kills the emotions, it kills everything within you, it kills what you are experiencing and it’s not easy to deal with all of this.” The “connected ball” chip technology used to rule out Gvardiol’s goal had already been deployed at this World Cup, during Sweden’s group game with Tunisia last month. On that occasion, Mattias Svanberg saw a goal ruled out for offside before VAR overturned the decision after determining the ball had taken a slight touch by team-mate Alexander Isak which had played him onside. Portugal coach Roberto Martinez said there was no debate around Croatia’s disallowed goal. “The message is very clear: The balls now they have a chip, and it’s very clear and that’s why the VAR intervened,” Martinez said. “There is no subjective opinion — the chip of the ball