Mikel Oyarzabal scored a brace and Pedro Porro scored another as Spain beat Austria 3-0 to win the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The 2010 champions almost opened the scoring before the half-hour mark – off Marc Cucurella – but finally broke the deadlock six minutes later when the Real Madrid full-back put Oyarzabal in the penalty area.
Cucurella was in the thick of it again as he made an important pass to Alex Baena for the second goal, who then crossed for Porro.
Later in the second half, Cucurella’s wide cross from the left found Oyarzabal again as the Real Sociedad striker calmly beat Austrian goalkeeper Alexander Schlage and put the competition to bed.
Spain vs Austria player ratings:
Spain: Unai Simón (7.0/10), Pedro Porro (8.1/10), Pau Cubarsí (7.4/10), Aymeric Laporte (7.5/10), Marc Cucurella (7.1/10), Rodri (7.8/10), Dani Olmo (7.3/10), Pedri (7.0/10). (8.2/10), Alex Baena (7.2/10)
subtitles: Ferran Torres (6.5/10), Mikel Merino (6.4/10), Gavi (6.2/10)
Austria: Alexander Schlager (6.8/10), Stefan Posch (5.9/10), Kevin Danso (6.6/10), David Alaba (6.7/10), Konrad Laimer (6.5/10), Nicolas Seiwald (6.3/10), Xaver Schlager (6.1/10), Romano Schmid (6.4/10), Paul Wanner (6.7/10), Marcel Sabitzer (6.9/10), Michaël Gregoritsch (6.2/10)
Subs: Florian Grillitsch (6.3/10), Carney Chukwuemeka (6.5/10), Saša Kalajdžić (6.1/10), Marko Arnautović (6.2/10), Alexander Prass (6.0/10)
Published on July 3, 2026
