Fabian and Spain join Les Bleus in the semi-final! psg World Cup Fifa 2025 2026
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Fabian Ruiz's Spain beat Belgium 2-1 on Friday 10 July 2026, at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Who will join the France national football team in the semi-finals? France had qualified the day before by defeating Morocco national football team 2-0, notably thanks to another goal from Ousmane Dembélé.
La Roja, the reigning European champions, got off to a good start thanks to their Parisian midfielder Fabián Ruiz. Fabian followed up on a shot by Dani Olmo that had been parried by Thibaut Courtois and scored with his right foot to open the scoring (1-0, 30'). The Red Devils responded and equalised through Charles De Ketelaere, who scored with a header ten minutes later (1-1, 41'). It was not until the closing moments of regulation time that Fabian’s teammates finally gained the upper hand. Mikel Merino followed up on a shot that had been saved by Senne Lammens, who had replaced Courtois shortly before, to send his team into the final four (2-1, 88').
Spain and France are set to meet on Tuesday 14 July 2026 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington (Dallas), at 21:00, for a place in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup final.
SPAIN 2–1 BELGIUM (1–1)
2026 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-final
SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles)
Goals: Fabián Ruiz (30') and Mikel Merino (88') for Spain. Charles De Ketelaere (41') for Belgium.
SPAIN: Unai Simón; Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsí, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella; Rodri (captain), Fabián Ruiz (Pedri, 55'); Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo (Mikel Merino, 86'), Álex Baena (Ferran Torres, 55'); Mikel Oyarzabal (Nico Williams, 79'). Coach: Luis de la Fuente.
BELGIUM: Thibaut Courtois (Senne Lammens, 71'); Timothy Castagne, Nathan Ngoy, Brandon Mechele, Maxim De Cuyper (Jorthy Seys, 61'); Hans Vanaken (Romelu Lukaku, 60'), Nicolas Raskin; Leandro Trossard (Axel Witsel, 60'), Kevin De Bruyne (captain) (Alexis Saelemaekers, 86'); Jérémy Doku, Charles De Ketelaere. Coach: Rudi Garcia.
