Spain Lead Austria 1-0 at Half-Time as Oyarzabal Nets 3rd World Cup Goal
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2
Spain Lead Austria 1-0 at Half-Time as Oyarzabal Nets 3rd World Cup Goal
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2
Summary
Half-time in Los Angeles left Spain 1-0 up on Austria after Mikel Oyarzabal rolled in Marc Cucurella’s square pass shortly before the break.
Oyarzabal’s third goal of the tournament capped a dominant first half in which Spain also had a Cucurella strike disallowed and saw a Lamine Yamal penalty appeal rejected.
Alexander Schlager kept Austria alive with a string of saves, including a fingertip stop onto the bar from Alex Baena’s free kick and a close-range denial of Yamal.
Lamine Yamal still drove Spain’s attack, repeatedly troubling Konrad Laimer as Spain took control of a knockout tie whose winner will face Portugal or Croatia in the last 16.