Cristiano Ronaldo will be aiming to lead Portugal to a famous victory over close rivals Spain on Monday in arguably the most anticipated Round of 16 clash of the 2026 World Cup. The Portuguese set up today's mouth-watering matchup after scraping past Croatia in an incident-packed Round of 32 fixture.

Spain laboured to an uninspiring 1-0 victory over Iberian rivals Portugal in their last-16 tie to set up a quarter-final meeting with resurgent Belgium.

With the game looking like it was headed to extra time Arlington, Texas, a Ferran Torres through-ball sprang Merino in the penalty area and he slotted home past Diogo Costa to give Spain the breakthro...