📅 10/07/26🕒 19:00🏟️ SoFi Stadium🧑⚖️ Michael Oliver, England
Biggest Swing+2.09 xT88' Mikel MerinoCards4
Spain 2-1 Belgium — xTears 12.63 (10/07/26)
Spain saw off Belgium 2-1 on 10 July 2026 in the World Cup Quarter-finals. Total xTears: 12.63.
Biggest swings: Fabián Ruiz at 30' goal (+1.41 xT); Mikel Merino at 88' goal (+2.09 xT).
The match moved between settled phases and messy stretches. Mikel Merino came off the bench and scored the winner.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
30'
Goal
Fabián Ruiz - Spain
41'
Goal
C. De Ketelaere - Belgium
Assist: T. Castagne
88'
Goal
Mikel Merino - Spain
Late drama
🔥
6.38
88'
Goal
+2.09 xT
Mikel Merino - Spain
90+5'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
A. Witsel - Belgium
85'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
K. De Bruyne - Belgium
90+3'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Aymeric Laporte - Spain
Absolute chaos
🧨
5.68
88'
Goal
+2.09 xT
Mikel Merino - Spain
30'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Fabián Ruiz - Spain
41'
Goal
+1.24 xT
C. De Ketelaere - Belgium
Assist: T. Castagne
86'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
A. Saelemaekers for K. De Bruyne - Belgium
All-out war
🟥
4.16
90+5'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
A. Witsel - Belgium
85'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
K. De Bruyne - Belgium
90+3'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Aymeric Laporte - Spain
43'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
Pau Cubarsí Paredes - Spain
Crushed hope
💔
2.09
88'
Goal
+2.09 xT
Mikel Merino - Spain
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
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