Lamine Yamal, the Spanish national team player, was awarded the Man of the Match in his team's game against Austria.
Lamine Yamal
Club: Barcelona
Spain
The Spanish national team secured its qualification to the World Cup round of 16, achieving its first knockout stage victory since the 2010 edition final.
Spain defeated Austria with three goals to nil in the round of 32 of the World Cup.
Yamal won the Man of the Match award despite not scoring or assisting against Austria.
Yamal played 85 minutes, passing with 90% accuracy, and created two clear chances.
Yamal succeeded in 5 successful duels alongside 5 dribbles, making him the most prolific dribbler in the match and the player with the most passes inside the penalty area with 14 passes.
Spain awaits the winner of the Portugal vs. Croatia match in the round of 16.
Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring for Spain before Pedro Porro extended the lead with the second goal, and Oyarzabal concluded the scoring with a third goal.
Since the beginning of the millennium, Spain has only advanced past the round of 16 twice, first in the 2002 edition after reaching the quarter-finals, and second in 2010 after winning the title.
In the last two editions, Spain exited the World Cup from the round of 16.
Oyarzabal reached his 22nd goal contribution in his last 14 international matches.
Despite failing to score against Cape Verde and Uruguay, Oyarzabal reached 5 goal contributions in the current World Cup edition.
Unai Simon, Spain's goalkeeper, broke the record for the most clean sheets without conceding goals in the World Cup.
Simon reached 519 minutes without conceding goals in the World Cup so far, surpassing the Italian Walter Zenga's record of 517 minutes.
