Merino Again: Spain Breaks Belgian Resistance in the 87th Minute to Reach the Semis

A late header sends Spain through and leaves Courtois and Belgium staring at another quarterfinal exit.

Mikel Merino has a habit of arriving when the clock runs down and the stakes run high. In Stuttgart, in the 119th minute of a European Championship quarterfinal, he buried the header that broke Germany. In the 87th minute of a World Cup quarterfinal against Belgium, he did it again, rising at the near post to glance home a cross that Thibaut Courtois could only push into the net. Spain 2, Belgium 1. The unbeaten run rolls on. [1]

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