Portugal vs Spain: 3 things that went wrong for Spain

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Portugal v Spain: Group B - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
Portugal v Spain: Group B - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

#2 Changing Costa for Aspas

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Costa was superb on the night

With 2 goals already under his belt, Diego Costa was proving to be a nightmare for Jose Fonte and Pepe. The Brazil-born striker was running rings around them and sending them back to Portugal with his movement.

In the 77th minute, when Spain were leading 3-2, Fernando Hierro decided to take off the Atletico Madrid star for Iago Aspas. The change proved to be a crucial one as Spain did not have a proper attack at all after that.

They were getting the ball into the Portuguese half but were unable to do anything with it. They were getting bullied off the ball and Aspas was in Fonte's pocket. The inability of keeping the ball up front for long cost them dearly as Portugal went on a wave of attacks and scored from the freekick they got.

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