Spain leave it late to book semifinal date with France

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Spain secured a 2-1 victory over Belgium to advance to the World Cup semifinals, where they will face France. Substitute Mikel Merino scored the winning goal in the 88th minute, capitalizing on a rebound after backup Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens fumbled a shot. Merino's late heroics followed his decisive goal in Spain's previous match against Portugal. Spain had taken the lead in the 30th minute through Fabian Ruiz, but Belgium equalized in the 41st minute with a header from Charles De Ketelaere, ending Spain's clean sheet streak. The Belgian goalkeeper Lammens was introduced in the 71st minute due to an injury to Thibaut Courtois.

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Belgium forward Charles De Ketelaere scored the first goal allowed by Spain in the entire World Cup in the 41st minute.

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Fabian Ruiz scored the opening goal in the 30th minute for Spain.

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Lammens was forced into the match in the 71st minute after Belgium keeper Thibaut Courtois left with an apparent thigh injury.

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Spain advanced to face tournament favourite France in the semifinals on Tuesday in Dallas.

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Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute from a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens, and Spain advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 victory.

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Spain leave it late to book semifinal date with FranceMikel Merino comes off the bench to break Belgian hearts after slip from sub keeper Senne Lammens.Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute from a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens, and Spain advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 victory.Merino was the late hero for the second straight match for Spain, who advanced to face tournament favourite France in the semifinals on Tuesday in Dallas.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Which records has Kylian Mbappe broken at the World Cup?list 2 of 4‘Unstoppable force’: Mbappe’s France crush Morocco’s World Cup dreamslist 3 of 4VIDEO: France ends Morocco’s World Cup run, cruises into semifinalslist 4 of 4Does more World Cup history beckon for Norway? England stand in their wayend of listMerino came on in the 86th minute and scored from his second touch of the match, charging into the box and pouncing after Lammens spilled a Pau Cubarsi shot from outside the area.Spain’s Mikel Merino scores their second goal [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]The Arsenal forward also scored as a substitute early in injury time to secure Spain’s 1-0 victory over Portugal in the last-16.Lammens, the Manchester United keeper, was forced into the match in the 71st minute after longtime Belgium keeper Thibaut Courtois left with an apparent thigh injury.Belgium desperately pressed for an equaliser in the final minutes, but Aymeric Laporte volleyed their best chance out of the box.Fabian Ruiz scored the opening goal in the 30th minute for Spain after Courtois had parried a shot from Dani Olmo from Pedro Porro’s cut-back from the right of the area, but Belgium forward Charles De Ketelaere scored the first goal allowed by Spain in the entire World Cup in the 41st minute.His header from Timothy Castagne’s cross from the right ended a record streak of 649 minutes without conceding at the World Cup.Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere scores their first goal [Daniel Cole/Reuters]

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