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Portugal national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Jun 15, 2018 at 7pm UK
 
Spain national football team

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Ronaldo (4' pen., 44', 88')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Costa (24', 55'), Nacho (58')

Nacho defends "world-class" David de Gea

Nacho defends
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Spain defender Nacho insists that "world-class goalkeeper" David de Gea will bounce back from his disappointing performance against Portugal.

Spain defender Nacho has insisted that "world-class goalkeeper" David de Gea will bounce back from his disappointing performance against Portugal on Friday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo struck a hat-trick as Portugal claimed a point from the Group B clash in Sochi.

Ronaldo's second squirmed through the arms of De Gea, with the Manchester United stopper adding to the error that he made in the pre-tournament friendly against Switzerland.

Nacho, however, has insisted that De Gea "seems fine" as he looks to overcome the disappointment.

"He seems fine to me. He knows what happened but, as players, we are always exposed to these things. When mishaps happen, we unite and we're all with him 100%," Nacho told reporters.

"He is a world-class goalkeeper and we are lucky to have a player of his calibre. He has no doubts about his own ability and he will bring a lot to the team in the future."

Spain's next Group B clash is against Iran - who beat Morocco 1-0 in their opener - on Wednesday night.

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Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
3 Ecuador flag Ecuador31114
4 Qatar Qatar30030

Group B

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Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
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Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

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Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

Group G

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Q Brazil Brazil32016
Q Switzerland Switzerland32016
3 Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Serbia Serbia30121

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Republic of Korea South Korea31114
3 Uruguay flag Uruguay31114
4 Ghana flag Ghana31023


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