Portugal vs Spain 0:0 – Mendes hits the crossbar in tense last-16 clash

European champions Spain faced Iberian rivals Portugal in a World Cup last-16 tie, with teen sensation Lamine Yamal squaring off against 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo. Nuno Mendes struck the crossbar in what has been a goalless contest so far. Ronaldo stated he would be "one thousand per cent" at peace with his career regardless of the result.

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⚽ Sport Portugal vs Spain in World Cup last 16: Ronaldo faces Yamal in Iberian derby Al Jazeera · 23d ago ⚽ Sport Yamal on Possible Clash With Ronaldo at World Cup: "It Would Be an Honour" WP SportoweFakty · 26d ago ⚽ Sport Lamine Yamal, Son of African Migrants, Symbolises a Changing Spain NYT World · 11d ago