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Mikel Merino scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to send Spain through to the World Cup quarterfinals as they eliminated their Iberian neighbors, Portugal, in a
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Spain Edge Portugal in Round of 16 as Belgium Cruise Past World Cup Co-Hosts USA
Mikel Merino scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to send Spain through to the World Cup quarterfinals as they eliminated their Iberian neighbors, Portugal, in a
