{"id":22671,"date":"2026-07-07T16:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22671"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:17:17","slug":"fifa-world-cup-ronaldos-magic-fades-as-spain-knock-portugal-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22671","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup: Ronaldo&#8217;s Magic Fades as Spain Knock Portugal Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s dream of winning the FIFA World Cup ended once again as Spain defeated Portugal 1-0 in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spain produced a relatively stronger performance in the match played in Dallas, registering 15 attacks compared with Portugal&#8217;s 10.<\/p>\n<p>The match featured a battle between young star Lamine Yamal and experienced Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo. Yamal repeatedly troubled Portugal&#8217;s defence and created opportunities for his teammates, but Spain failed to convert their chances.<\/p>\n<p>The first half ended goalless, while both teams also struggled to find the net during regular time in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>In the first minute of injury time, Spain produced a decisive attacking move and Mikel Merino scored to give his team the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Spain maintained the advantage until the final whistle, securing a 1-0 victory and a place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the previous World Cup, Ronaldo&#8217;s dream of becoming a world champion remained unfulfilled as he left the field in tears.<\/p>\n<p>Spain will now face either Belgium or the United States in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s dream of winning the FIFA World Cup ended once again as Spain defeated Portugal 1-0 in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Spain produced a relatively stronger performance in the match played in Dallas, registering 15 attacks compared with Portugal&#8217;s 10. The match featured a battle between young star [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,38],"tags":[3332,12912,8945,12902,12910,12911,4936,12798,12824,3331,12648,3676,12791,5347,12913],"class_list":["post-22671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-sports","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-dallas","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-football-world-cup","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-mikel-merino","tag-portugal","tag-portugal-football-team","tag-quarter-finals","tag-ronaldo","tag-round-of-16","tag-spain","tag-spain-football-team","tag-sports-news","tag-world-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22673,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22671\/revisions\/22673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}