World Cup LIVE: Spain face Austria before blockbuster Croatia vs Portugal clash

Spain players in training ahead of their clash with Austria
Spain players in training ahead of their clash with AustriaFrederic J. Brown / AFP / AFP / Profimedia

Day 22 is the penultimate day of the World Cup last-32 before the Round of 16 takes centre stage over the weekend, and it is dominated by Europe. Lamine Yamal's Spain take centre stage before Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal; this is not a day you want to miss.

Today's matches:

Spain vs Austria - 21:00 CET

Portugal vs Croatia - 01:00 CET

Switzerland vs Algeria - 05:00 CET

Live updates:

13:00 CET - Good afternoon and welcome to what feels like a big day at the 2026 World Cup. It is a day when European stars take centre stage and the question is posed to Lamine Yamal: Can he join fellow superstars Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland by taking this tournament by storm and delivering on the world stage? 

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We will find out during the 90 minutes or longer of Spain vs Austria, after a long wait for day 22 to get underway. If Lamine does deliver or not, however, a day when Spain and Portugal are both in World Cup action is a good one and one to look forward to tremendously.

As always, take a look at our daily highlights piece here and relive all of yesterday's drama here

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