Oyarzabal's double strike gives Spain 3-0 victory against Austria

Mikel Oyarzabal's double strike gave Spain a 3-0 victory against Austria. Before, Oyarzabal's second score, right-back Pedro Porro scored a brilliant second-half strike against Austria at the Sophie Stadium in Los Angeles to give the team a 2-0 lead. Luis de la Fuente's team took the lead in the first half of the World Cup quarter-final on Friday, and Porro doubled the lead after the break to further consolidate control of the match.

Spain kept the Austrian defense under pressure with a continuous attack in the second half. In the meantime, Porro finished off a well-organized attack, putting the ball in the net to make it 2-0. It is noteworthy that he had not scored a goal in 20 matches for the national team until June this year, meaning that this was his first international goal in the Spanish jersey, which made him one of the heroes of the match.

Earlier, Mikel Oyarzabal gave the team the lead in the 36th minute of the match. The Real Sociedad forward coolly finished off a cross from Marc Cucurea from the left into the box. Spain created a few more chances in the first half. In the 5th minute, Lamine Yamal's low shot was expertly saved by Austrian goalkeeper Alexander Schlager, and from a corner, Cucurea's header was disallowed for interference.

Spain had control of the ball throughout the match. The Austrian defence struggled to contain Spain's attacks early in the second half; Alex Baena's free-kick hit the crossbar, and Schlager also expertly saved Yamal's shot from close range. Austria, on the other hand, was trying to counterattack by keeping their defense organized, but after conceding two goals, coach Ralf Rangnick made two changes right after the break - replacing Nicolas Seewald with Karni Chukwuemeka and replacing Javier Schlager with Florian Grlich, in an attempt to speed up the team's midfield.

Group stage statistics show that Spain is the team with the most ball possession in this World Cup. They played with an average of about 69 percent possession in three matches and did not open the net once in front of the opponent.

Spain will face the winner of Portugal or Croatia in the last 16, on July 6 at the Dallas Stadium. Spain now has the opportunity to erase the regret of winning a knockout match for the first time since winning the 2010 World Cup.