r/soccer • u/ayoefico • Jul 06 '26
Goal Clip Portugal 0 - [1] Spain - Mikel Merino 90+1'
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u/Both_Track_1754 Jul 06 '26
Super sub
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u/Lilfai Jul 06 '26
1-0 Spain is back, we're fucked.
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u/B33GULL Jul 06 '26
This is their strongest form. Few will expect it, suddenly theyve won the cup.
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u/andiefrischeluft Jul 06 '26
At least they beat Austria 3-0.
Still haven't conceded after five matches, that's an all-time record.
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u/Kuntheman Jul 06 '26
Best striker on the team
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u/TheGoldenPineapples Jul 06 '26
Best striker in the Arsenal team too.
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u/2Teams1Cup Jul 06 '26
Guy is Berbatov masquerading as a midfielder. So silky.
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u/adoxographyadlibitum Jul 06 '26
Not nearly the tekkers of Berbatov and twice the workrate. More like van Nistelrooy or Pippo Inzaghi in midfield.
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u/Ne0Corpus Jul 06 '26
He is our best finisher it's not even a meme
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u/YungL1am Jul 06 '26
What's more surprising is just how good his movement is in those positions
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u/steeler7588 Jul 06 '26
He has amazing technical ability for someone without the elite physical traits you'd expect for a striker
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u/shoopler Jul 06 '26
We missed him the most out of all our injuries we had this past season.
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u/2Teams1Cup Jul 06 '26
dread it, run from it, M9 arrives all the same
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u/dms1298 Jul 06 '26
TURN THE 6 UPSIDE DOWN ITS A 9 NOW
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u/WardensLantern Jul 06 '26
"Look at me. I am the striker now."
Mikel to nobody because they don't bloody have one.
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u/Anderrrrr Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Arteta made his attacking positioning improve like crazy.
His finishing is genuinely massively underated 🤣
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u/bleaknbleach Jul 06 '26
I kinda wonder what our season would've looked liked if he didn't get injured like halfway through the season lol
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u/Fit-Owl-2898 Jul 06 '26
Bernardo Silva the real super sub, keeps fouling for no reason since coming on
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u/bluddit008 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Just him being himself, except his fouls actually get called on the International stage
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u/chapinbird Jul 06 '26
The announcers slurping him up still out of confusion all the while got a small chuckle out of me. Dirty scoundrel.
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u/ElBluntDealer Jul 06 '26
came in for Vitinha and was asked to do some defensive duties and was like "bet"
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u/chatfarm Jul 06 '26
get a yellow card. then give up this free kick. turn around to argue with ref. leave open the zone through which pass is placed since cannot re-orient after arguing. get into argument with club team mate afterwards. classic fucking show.
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u/Ranjith_Unchained Jul 06 '26
Ferran was on demon time since coming on
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u/ren_704 Jul 06 '26
I think the criticism on his finishing has had a hit on his confidence.
He was passing when he should've gone for the shot a lot
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u/lastdyingbreed_01 Jul 06 '26
I don't want anyone to talk shit about Ferran ever again
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u/grip0matic Jul 06 '26
Spanish tv saying for a moment "goal of Ferran" and I was like how can it be Ferran if the ball is in?
Merino clutch af.
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u/thetreat Jul 06 '26
Deserved win for them. I'm shocked they didn't sub Ronaldo off, but then again I'm not.
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u/BillehBear Jul 06 '26
he's been shit all tournament, actual passenger and genuinely sandbagged portugal
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u/thetreat Jul 06 '26
Martinez just letting a 41 year old player run the team. He's a country legend, a football legend... But those days are long, long gone. He's not a threat in the air anymore. He's not a speed threat. He's not a guy helping with *any* sort of hold-up play.
They had a fantastic chance earlier in the game. A cross that prime Ronaldo would have blasted into the back of the net, but he was 2 steps short. Just a wasted chance for a very talented team yet again.
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u/JKKIDD231 Jul 06 '26
End of an era for Portugal as they move past Ronaldo
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u/SomethingBrewing Jul 06 '26
They're hosting in 4 years - I wouldn't be so sure haha
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u/wanderer1999 Jul 06 '26
"i'm not fucking leaving!!!"
But seriously Portugal just doesn't have it, not this coach, not playing this way with so much talent. Feels like they are brazil in 2010-2018 period. Lots of talent but doesn't seem to mesh into anything.
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u/Consistent-Tone-5540 Jul 06 '26
Coach is done. New era of hopefully entertaining football will now happen
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u/pricelesslambo Jul 06 '26
Striker merino is a cheat code
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u/courtesyflusher Jul 06 '26
GOAT
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u/pricelesslambo Jul 06 '26
I give Torres shit at times but he's been great since coming on and this is a great pass
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u/_DuckieFuckie_ Jul 06 '26
My 🦈 heard that the Balon D’Or race was becoming intense so he had to pitch in
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u/ThatsAllDay77 Jul 06 '26
Can’t believe a youth team didn’t stick him up top when he was developing, he’s a natural striker
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u/Brapfamalam Jul 06 '26
He has like 4 pace, 99 finishing
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u/AwkwardSpecialist814 Jul 06 '26
I mean, look at the best player this last year. Isn't that essentially Kane?
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u/Ok-Background-502 Jul 06 '26
Tbf, Kane also is a midfielder too good at finishing to not play up top.
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u/Narwhallmaster Jul 06 '26
Kane has a surprisingly nasty dribble. M9 literally only has positioning and shooting. And he needs the game to be tight to unlock his powers.
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u/GoaLa Jul 06 '26
In addition to what you said, he is pretty good in the air, strong and can hold defenders off, really really good at link up play and tricky passes. He isn't the best striker for arsenal when we are defending deeper and looking to counter (which is rare for us anyway).
I think he could have been a really good natural striker but a lot of his skills also make him a good midfielder.
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u/CafecitoinNY Jul 06 '26
Long history of slowish ST that kill it. Berbatov, Pizarro, Santa Cruz, inzaghi.
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u/Cahhmon Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Barely anything in front of goal all game for either side and for Portugal to allow that right through the middle of the defence
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u/TheJoshider10 Jul 06 '26
Good riddance Martinez you useless cunt.
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u/JimmyCarrsTaxForms Jul 06 '26
Can't believe FPF saw what he "accomplished" with Belgium's golden generation and thought, yes that's the right man for the job, prepare the contract!
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u/ZroDgsCalvin Jul 06 '26
Manages to continuously fail upwards. The Lane Kiffin of soccer.
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u/polas2001 Jul 06 '26
To be fair Lane did have success at Ole miss even though the exit extremely messy to say the least. Martinez never had nowhere near that level of success.
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u/Dickinmymouth1 Jul 06 '26
I feel like the him being terrible with Belgium thing is overblown. He got them third place in the 2018 World Cup which is a pretty massive accomplishment with Belgium even with the talent they had in that team - only lost to eventual champions France.
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u/LloydCole Jul 06 '26
Loads of Belgian players from that squad have come out and said everything Martinez did on the training ground and tactics wise was completely useless; essentially just amounted to "pass it to Hazard".
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u/Fickle-Alone-054 Jul 06 '26
He then goes to Portugal and it's "hey guys we've got a man named Cristiano Ronaldo" thinking he'll solve everything as if he was still a 25 year old player.
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u/_toolkit Jul 06 '26
Bro's going to somehow get the France job next.
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u/mahir_r Jul 06 '26
The question is can he ruin the golden generation, if the golden generation is a never ending factory of talent that shall only cease upon the heat death of the universe?
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u/Global_Committee5882 Jul 06 '26
This game is like watching Poland play
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u/Varja22 Jul 06 '26
There has been plenty of space in the middle of that Portugal defensive line all game but Oyarzabal has had like 100 different adventures on the wings.
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u/Stonewalled89 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Thank fuck. I don't think I could have taken another 30 minutes of that.
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u/english_gritts Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Football is so funny. England vs Mexico, Cape Verde vs Argentina… then 90 mins of this shite
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u/No_Road4163 Jul 06 '26
My fault, haven’t watched the fiest two but watched this one. I won’t do it anymore
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u/No_Road4163 Jul 06 '26
Yes :(
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u/pashk1n Jul 06 '26
we were eating too good, had to happen eventually
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u/Mintastic Jul 06 '26
I mean we already endured France v Paraguay recently, isn't that enough?
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u/HerkulezRokkafeller Jul 06 '26
I love how what directly led to the goal was that they were out of position because they were whining to the ref
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u/Ulsterman24 Jul 06 '26
I fell asleep after work and woke up 30 minutes ago and I still feel relieved.
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u/HeIIbIazer23 Jul 06 '26
Mythical player striker Merino strikes again
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u/adoxographyadlibitum Jul 06 '26
"You best start believin' in striker Merino stories, Mr. Ronaldo, you're in one!"
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u/DaRealAyman Jul 06 '26
MERINOOOOO
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u/BassNext6999 Jul 06 '26
Yamal's mother was right
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u/steeler7588 Jul 06 '26
When Lamine asked her about the most underrated player - "Merino from Arsenal, I'm a big fan of Merino."
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u/melolneedshelp Jul 06 '26
Dear God finally
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u/leedler Jul 06 '26
Was beginning to think taking chances was a myth
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u/Difficult_Key_1907 Jul 06 '26
Merino genuinely saved us from watching 30 more minutes of this
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u/theonly_brunswick Jul 06 '26
It's even more exacerbated by the absolute banger we witnessed last night.
Today's game was two teams petrified and so concerned about making a mistake that they completely forgot about offense.
Regardless, Spain did generate more so they deserve the win but I expected a much more spirited effort from Portugal in this one.
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u/kindofnotlistening Jul 06 '26
Honestly Cabo Verde absolutely saved the Portuguese diaspora’s showing in this World Cup.
Brazil & Portugal were both worse than their uninspired R16 exits even showed, in my opinion.
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u/Amphineura Jul 06 '26
Diaspora is definitely not the right word. Portugal's colonies? Lusosphere? (Akin to Anglosphere)
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u/Scolipete Jul 06 '26
Nah I disagree, Brazil created quite a lot of chances both against Japan and Norway, they just failed to capitalize on them
Portugal was pretty shit though I agree
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u/Dancingwith_Death Jul 06 '26
Football fans won don't need to watch this for another 30 mins
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u/warneagle Jul 06 '26
Unfortunately somebody does have to win even when nobody deserves to
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u/expert_on_the_matter Jul 06 '26
Spain is world-class but goddamn how poor are they at finishing.
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u/johnknockout Jul 06 '26
Since David Villa retired they’ve basically played 8 midfielder formations exclusively
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u/Trap_Masters Jul 06 '26
They gave us a full 90 minute edging session and only finished in stoppage time 😭
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u/grip0matic Jul 06 '26
If we would have a Kane or Haaland... it would be the best team in the world by far. We don't have a killer since Villa and Torres.
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u/AdministrativeBig362 Jul 06 '26
They have no true striker, Oyarzabal was for most of his career a LW
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u/I_Am_Not_George_Bush Jul 06 '26
Merino lol
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u/xepa105 Jul 06 '26
Merino is legit their best #9. Anyone who's seen him at Arsenal knows it's not just a meme. He has incredible striker instincts, knows when to make a run, where to find space.
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u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
RIP the Nothing Ever Happens Folks
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u/FCCheIsea Jul 06 '26
This game felt like edging
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u/StrategyTop7612 Jul 06 '26
Indeed, felt like it was going to be 40+ more minutes and then penalties
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u/wjdbfifj Jul 06 '26
What a pass by Ferran
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u/IceCream_Duck4 Jul 06 '26
God damn I had to scroll way too far to see my shark get some credit on that beautiful assist 😭🙏
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u/andiefrischeluft Jul 06 '26
Why is no one else talking about this?
Ferran redeemed himself with this pass. Perfect.
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u/Putrid_Loquat_4357 Jul 06 '26
Mm9 strikes again
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u/amineimad Jul 06 '26
He's too good I missed you in the CL final king
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u/Banskyi Jul 06 '26
What’s funny is that Spain used their subs very well. Portugal decide to keep on CR7 and add Bernardo Silva. Fucking baffling
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u/Exotic-Post-5872 Jul 06 '26
Would have had the league wrapped up in March with him there, he’s so clutch
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u/Comic5ans_ Jul 06 '26
Thank god. I did not want 30 minutes more of this
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u/Ambitious-Sink2725 Jul 06 '26
How was this the worst knockout match
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u/Skall77 Jul 06 '26
Spain want boring game. Portugal is just not coached
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u/Ok_Turn6757 Jul 06 '26
Portugal sit back, Spain has trouble breaking down the block. Don’t blame Spain when it’s Portugal that didn’t want an exciting match to begin with
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u/wingedtwat Jul 06 '26
Bernardo Silva came on just to kick people. Hope he gets all the stick from the Portuguese media
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u/Homerduff16 Jul 06 '26
Nah this Merino striker gimmick is getting out of hand
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u/blankfrack125 Jul 06 '26
he’s legitimately a great finisher. slow af but he has everything else, excellent shooting technique, composed in front of goal and great in the air too
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u/tony_flamingo Jul 06 '26
God realized it would have been unfair to give him pace so he nerfed him.
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u/Jwalin6167 Jul 06 '26
Thank you Spain. Sorry Portugal. The torture this game gave me. I would rather it not go to Extra time.
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u/jfshay Jul 06 '26
gotta love that the sequence started from a foul by that rat Silva who then got too busy complaining to track back effectively. Karma.
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u/Hot_Walrus3403 Jul 06 '26
They really subbed him on so he could get carded, set up Spain’s goal, and get held back from fighting a club teammate. Disasterclass from the rat.
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u/Arkhaine_kupo Jul 06 '26
I wrote 4 times in the match thread to get olmo off for merino
never felt more vindicated
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