Spain fueled its machinery to beat Austria 3-0 and wait for Croatia or Portugal
The "Red Fury" appeared in the World Cup and with a resounding 3-0 win over Austria, they advanced to the round of 16, where they only await the winner of Portugal and Croatia
The Spanish team finally appeared in the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada to beat Austria 3-0 in a demonstration of the “Red Fury” from less to more and in the end with two goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and one more from Pedro Porro to now wait for the winner of Croatia against Portugal.
The squad led by Luis de la Fuente had to overcome 30 minutes of a constant fight by the Austrians who wanted to match the performance of the Spanish, but little by little the greater volume of football by the Hispanics tipped the balance until Mikel Oyarzabal made it 1-0.
Spain did not do magic, it simply made its football scheme start to work, so that its gears could align as best as possible to allow Lamine Yamal to be the gravitating offensive player, while Álex Bahena, Dani Olmo and Pedri were the support for the offensive men to push their teammates forward.
In this way, the Spanish team was carving out the victory and due to the pressure generated against the Austrian goal, goalkeeper Alexander Schlager became the hero of the match with several actions where he avoided more goals against his goal.
Actually, the Spaniards had no opposition in the rest of the match and it was just a matter of seeing how the score increased, as Pedro Porro did in the 66th minute and Oyarzabal's second goal to give shape to the final score of 3-0.
The explanations
For its part, Spain grew as the match progressed and unlike Uruguay, it was now easier to leave behind the inaccuracies that allowed it to nullify any breakdown of the Spanish defensive apparatus, where Pau Cubarsí and Aymeric Laporte were the support of the fourth game without conceding a goal.
The way they controlled the Austrians made Luis de la Fuente's team gain confidence and at the same time players like Pedro Porro and Marc Cucurella could also function on the wings and finally demonstrate their value, as was evident with Pedro Porro's goal that made things 2-0.
In the end, logic prevailed and Spain achieved a 3-0 victory against the Austrians who were only rivals in the first half hour of play and then dedicated themselves to surviving the match before leaving the 2026 World Cup competition.