Spain v Austria · OurXI

★ The storyline

Spain march on

Spain are through. They saw off Austria 3–0 in the round of 32, and a family that's followed them all summer dares to look a little further up the bracket. On to the last 16.

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Spain put Austria to the sword

Spain 3, Austria 0. A clean sheet and a comfortable win in the round of 32 — no fuss, no scare, exactly the sort of statement that puts a marker down for the rest of the field.

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Spanish masters move on without breaking a sweat

Spain's European championship credentials were on full display in Los Angeles as they dismantled Austria with a commanding three-goal performance. Despite an early frustration when a goal was ruled out, Luis de la Fuente's side proved their class, cruising into the last 16 and setting their sights on bigger challenges ahead.

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Why it matters

Round of 32 — win or go home.

Who to watch

★ Emerging star

Lamine Yamal

Spain

The teenage spark lighting up the attack and the one everyone will be watching.

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Konrad Laimer

Austria

The relentless engine at the heart of Rangnick's pressing machine — wherever the work needs doing, he's already there.

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Austria are through to the last 32

Austria are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Spain are through to the last 32

Spain are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Spain win it in extra time

All square after ninety, and still nobody blinked — until Spain struck in the 106th minute against Argentina in the final. Extra time does strange things to legs and nerves; theirs held. Heartbreak one end, bedlam the other.

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Spain are world champions

Read it again slowly: Spain have won the World Cup. They beat Argentina 1–0 in the final, and everything this family shouted at a screen all summer just turned into the story you'll be telling for the rest of your lives. Champions of the world.