Group HFull time
Final · Jun 26Estadio Akron, Zapopan
Goals
1 goal
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: Spain 1-0 Uruguay — a Group H result now baked into the table.
- storylineSpain — the champions who can't break a wallStumbled out of the gate: 0-0 vs debutants Cape Verde (June 15), 27 shots and nothing to show. Yamal, just back from a hamstring injury, started on the bench. All four Group H teams are level on 1 point — the tightest group in the tournament.
The two sides
SpainFavorites who stumbled out the gate
Reigning European champions and a genuine title favorite, with 18-year-old Lamine Yamal in the #10 and Rodri back from injury holding it together — the redemption arc is loaded and inevitable.
UruguayTiny country, two-time champions
A country of 3.5 million that has won the World Cup twice and never stops fighting — now under philosopher-coach Bielsa playing ferocious high-press football. Their 80th-minute equalizer was the DNA.
Who plays where
Spain
- Barcelona ×5Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Gavi, Nico Williams
- ArsenalMikel Merino
- Athletic BilbaoUnai Simón
- Atlético MadridRobin Le Normand
- Manchester CityRodri
- Real MadridDani Carvajal
Uruguay
- Al-HilalDarwin Núñez
- Atlético MadridJosé María Giménez
- BarcelonaRonald Araújo
- Real MadridFederico Valverde
- Sporting CPMaximiliano Araujo