The victory of the Spanish national team over Austria in the match that brought the two teams together in the 2026 World Cup witnessed many records, both individually and collectively.
The Spanish national team defeated its counterpart, Austria, with three goals without reply, in the match that brought the two teams together last night, Thursday, at Los Angeles Stadium, as part of the round of 32 competitions of the 2026 World Cup.
The Spanish national team managed to regain victories in the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time in 16 years, and La Roja maintained their unbeaten streak.
The "Yalla Kora" website reviews in the following lines the most prominent records witnessed in the match between Spain and Austria in the 2026 World Cup.
La Roja's Achievements
1 - The Spanish national team scored three goals in a knockout match in the World Cup for the first time since the 1994 World Cup, when they defeated Switzerland
2 - The Spanish national team won a knockout match in the World Cup for the first time since the 2010 World Cup, when they defeated the Netherlands in the final match
3 - Spain has not been defeated in its last 34 matches in all competitions (25 wins, 9 draws).
4 - Austria suffered its heaviest defeat in the World Cup since the 1978 World Cup, against the Netherlands (5-1).
Lamine Yamal's Superiority
5 - The Spanish national team won all nine of its matches in major tournaments in which Lamine Yamal participated as a starter (European Championship and World Cup).
6 - Lamine Yamal was named the best player in the match without scoring or assisting any goal, while Oyarzabal scored two goals and Cucurella provided two assists, and this has only happened once before in World Cup history, with Gennaro Gattuso in the 2006 quarter-finals.
Oyarzabal's Goals
7 - Mikel Oyarzabal scored 16 goals in his last 15 matches with Spain, and he is the first player to score four goals in a World Cup tournament with Spain since David Villa in the 2010 World Cup, where he scored 5 goals.
8 - Oyarzabal is the first player to score at least two goals in a knockout match for Spain in the World Cup since Emilio Butragueño against Denmark in the 1986 World Cup (four goals).
Clean Sheet
9 - Unai Simón, the Spanish national team goalkeeper, kept a clean sheet for 519 minutes in World Cup matches (excluding penalty shootouts), a record for a goalkeeper in the history of the tournament.
10 - Marc Cucurella provided two assists in the victory over Austria, becoming the first Spaniard in World Cup history to provide two assists in a knockout match.
The United States of America is hosting the 2026 World Cup, along with Mexico and Canada, with the participation of 48 teams, for the first time in the history of the tournament, during the period from last June 11 to this July 19.
