Spain v Belgium: World Cup Quarter-final Live
Live coverage of Spain against Belgium from SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, with minute-by-minute updates from the official FIFA match feed.
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Full time: Spain 2-1 Belgium
Full time at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles. Spain 2, Belgium 1. Thanks for following our live coverage.
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Yellow card: Axel Witsel (90'+5')
Axel Witsel is shown a yellow card for Belgium in the 90'+5' minute.
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Yellow card: Aymeric Laporte (90'+3')
Aymeric Laporte is shown a yellow card for Spain in the 90'+3' minute.
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GOAL! Spain 2-1 Belgium (88')
Mikel Merino scores for Spain in the 88' minute. Spain 2, Belgium 1.
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Substitution, Belgium (86')
Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Kevin De Bruyne for Belgium.
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Substitution, Spain (86')
Mikel Merino replaces Dani Olmo for Spain.
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Yellow card: Kevin De Bruyne (85')
Kevin De Bruyne is shown a yellow card for Belgium in the 85' minute.
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Substitution, Spain (79')
Nico Williams replaces Mikel Oyarzabal for Spain.
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Substitution, Belgium (71')
Senne Lammens replaces Thibaut Courtois for Belgium.
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Substitution, Belgium (60')
Joaquin Seys replaces Maxim De Cuyper for Belgium.
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Substitution, Belgium (60')
Axel Witsel replaces Leandro Trossard for Belgium.
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Substitution, Belgium (60')
Romelu Lukaku replaces Hans Vanaken for Belgium.
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Substitution, Spain (55')
Pedri replaces Fabian Ruiz for Spain.
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Substitution, Spain (55')
Ferran Torres replaces Alex Baena for Spain.
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Second half under way
We are back for the second half.
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Half time: Spain 1-1 Belgium
It is the break at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles.
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Yellow card: Pau Cubarsi (43')
Pau Cubarsi is shown a yellow card for Spain in the 43' minute.
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GOAL! Spain 1-1 Belgium (41')
Charles De Ketelaere scores for Belgium in the 41' minute. Spain 1, Belgium 1.
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GOAL! Spain 1-0 Belgium (30')
Fabian Ruiz scores for Spain in the 30' minute. Spain 1, Belgium 0.
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Kickoff at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
We are under way. Spain get the 2026 World Cup Quarter-final clash with Belgium started.
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Teams confirmed
The starting elevens are in for Spain and Belgium. We are set at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles.
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Spain v Belgium: matchday build-up
Welcome to our live coverage of Spain against Belgium at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, a quarter-final at the 2026 World Cup. Spain beat Portugal in the round of 16, while Belgium beat the USA. Team news, kickoff and minute-by-minute updates to follow, sourced from the official FIFA match feed.
Match events
- 30' ⚽ Fabian Ruiz
- 41' ⚽ Charles De Ketelaere
- 43' 🟨 Pau Cubarsi
- 55' ↔️ Ferran Torres→ Alex Baena
- 55' ↔️ Pedri→ Fabian Ruiz
- 60' ↔️ Romelu Lukaku→ Hans Vanaken
- 60' ↔️ Axel Witsel→ Leandro Trossard
- 60' ↔️ Joaquin Seys→ Maxim De Cuyper
- 71' ↔️ Senne Lammens→ Thibaut Courtois
- 79' ↔️ Nico Williams→ Mikel Oyarzabal
- 85' 🟨 Kevin De Bruyne
- 86' ↔️ Mikel Merino→ Dani Olmo
- 86' ↔️ Alexis Saelemaekers→ Kevin De Bruyne
- 88' ⚽ Mikel Merino
- 90' 🟨 Aymeric Laporte
- 90' 🟨 Axel Witsel
Attendance · 70492
Lineup
Spain
4-2-3-1- 23 Unai Simon
- 12 Pedro Porro
- 14 Aymeric Laporte
- 22 Pau Cubarsi
- 24 Marc Cucurella
- 8 Fabian Ruiz
- 15 Alex Baena
- 16 Rodri (C)
- 10 Dani Olmo
- 19 Lamine Yamal
- 21 Mikel Oyarzabal
- 1 David Raya
- 13 Joan Garcia
- 2 Marc Pubill
- 3 Alex Grimaldo
- 4 Eric Garcia
- 5 Marcos Llorente
- 6 Mikel Merino
- 9 Gavi
- 18 Martin Zubimendi
- 20 Pedri
- 7 Ferran Torres
- 11 Yeremy Pino
- 17 Nico Williams
- 25 Victor Munoz
- 26 Borja Iglesias
Manager · Luis de la Fuente Castillo
Belgium
4-2-3-1- 1 Thibaut Courtois
- 4 Brandon Mechele
- 5 Maxim De Cuyper
- 21 Timothy Castagne
- 25 Nathan Ngoy
- 7 Kevin De Bruyne (C)
- 20 Hans Vanaken
- 23 Nicolas Raskin
- 10 Leandro Trossard
- 11 Jeremy Doku
- 17 Charles De Ketelaere
- 12 Senne Lammens
- 13 Mike Penders
- 3 Arthur Theate
- 15 Thomas Meunier
- 16 Koni De Winter
- 18 Joaquin Seys
- 6 Axel Witsel
- 19 Diego Moreira
- 22 Alexis Saelemaekers
- 9 Romelu Lukaku
- 14 Dodi Lukebakio
- 26 Matias Fernandez-Pardo
Manager · Rudi Garcia