football competition between the national football teams Portugal and Spain
The Portugal–Spain football rivalry ( besides known as The Iberian War or The Iberian Derby ) is one of the oldest football rivalries at a national level. It began on 19 December 1921, when Portugal lost 7–1 to Spain at Madrid in their first ever international friendly game. Portugal lost their first matches, with their first reap ( 2–2 ) alone coming in 1926. Portugal ‘s beginning winnings came much later ( 4–1 ) in 1947. Both belong to the strongest football nations of the world, and have met a total of 38 times ( of which 9 matches were competitive ) which resulted in 6 victories for Portugal, 16 draws and 16 victories for Spain .

background [edit ]

The competition between two countries goes back to 1581, when the king Henry of Portugal died with no successor and it triggered a succession crisis. Where the independent claimants to the enthrone were Philip II of Spain and António, Prior of Crato. Philip II of Spain was made king, and he united both Crown of João VI and spanish Crown to form Iberian Union. It lasted only 60 years until 1640, when the portuguese Restoration War was initiated against Spain, and Portugal regained its independence under the Braganza dynasty.

In the eighteenth hundred, wars were very much between the major kingdoms and Portugal and Spain always found themselves on the reverse sides. The Portuguese, courtesy of their long-standing alliance, aligned themselves with Great Britain, while Spain, through the Pacte de Famille, allied themselves to France. In 1762, during the Seven Years ‘ War, Spain launched an abortive invasion of Portugal. In 1777, there was a conflict between the two states over the borders of their possessions in South America. During Napoleonic Era, in 1807, the baron of Spain and his french allies invaded Portugal, using a road that crossed through spanish territory. however, the french decided to take over both countries, overthrowing the King of Spain and forcing the portuguese royal family to escape to the portuguese colony of Brazil. After the fall of Napoleon, both countries came close to war a number of times during the early nineteenth hundred. Both lost their american colonies soon after the end of the Peninsular War, which hard weakened their global might .

major Tournaments [edit ]

1934 FIFA World Cup reservation [edit ]

first branch [edit ]

second leg [edit ]

1950 FIFA World Cup qualification [edit ]

first leg [edit ]

Spain and Portugal met in 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification round with Spain going away with a 5-1 victory at home. [ 1 ]

irregular leg [edit ]

second branch saw both sides drawing 2-2, meaning Spain qualified for 1950 FIFA World Cup after defeating Portugal 5-1 in first leg. [ 2 ]

UEFA Euro 1984 [edit ]

In UEFA Euro 1984 group stage Portugal and Spain were paired together, both sides qualified to the following round as Portugal drew Spain 1-1. António Sousa gave Portugal in 52nd minute, after 21 minutes Santillana equalised for Spain at 73rd minute. [ 3 ]

UEFA Euro 2004 [edit ]

Portugal and Spain faced off in group stage of UEFA Euro 2004 hosted by Portugal. Portugal won the game 1-0 as half time substitute Nuno Gomes scored a goal from 20 yards, giving Portugal their foremost ever victory against Spain in a major tournament, this was besides Portugal first victory over Spain since 1981. [ 4 ]

2010 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Spain defeated Portugal 1–0 in the iberian bowler hat to progress to the stern finals where they were to play Paraguay. The game took place on Tuesday 29 June 2010 at the Cape Town Stadium. Spain dominated the game with a ball monomania ratio of 62 % and several opportunities, but had to endure a pair of miss chances by the Portuguese in the first half, including one by Hugo Almeida which about resulted in a finish. In the second half, the Portuguese attacking threat decreased, and the entrance of Fernando Llorente for Fernando Torres on the field brought new energy to the spanish team. The merely finish of the match came on the 63rd infinitesimal : David Villa picked up a brilliant die by Xavi, having his first scene saved, but then lifted the bounce into the roof of the net. [ 5 ] Post-match replays showed that the goal was scored from an offside situation ( 0.22m according to ESPN axis ). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

UEFA Euro 2012 [edit ]

Portugal faced Spain for the sixth clock time in a major tournament at UEFA Euro 2012 semi-finals. [ 12 ] In early minutes of first half, Spain missed an scoring opportunity as Álvaro Arbeloa shot a half-cleared ball by Bruno Alves precisely above the crossbar. After a Portugal free-kick hit the wall, Spain started a counter-attack with Xavi passing the ball at the edge of the box, merely to be hit above the crossbar by Andrés Iniesta. Halfway through beginning one-half Cristiano Ronaldo injection barely waved past the spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas missing the goal by inches. In the 85th minute Portugal got two back-to-back freekicks as Ronaldo was fouled for the first one and second for handball which happened as Ronaldo hit the first freekick at the wall, the moment freekick went above the bar, as the 90 minutes ended with a 0-0 scoreline. At 95th minute Portuguese keeper Rui Patrício saved a blast from Iniesta as he fired in a cross in the six yard box. As extra-time ended 0-0, the penalty gunfight started, Spain went out victorious as Cristiano Ronaldo did n’t take a penalty after Xabi Alonso saw Patrício saving his first penalty. After the match Portuguese coach Paulo Bento said : “ We had this order. Ronaldo was fifth. ” [ 13 ] [ 12 ]

2018 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Spain faced Portugal in the second pit of Group B. Cristiano Ronaldo gave Portugal an early lead from the spot-kick in 4th hour of the match after deceiving Nacho inside the box. In the 24th minute, Diego Costa equalised for Spain after scoring past the portuguese defense. Isco then saw his snapshot humongous against the post. Ronaldo gave Portugal lead once again in 44th moment after spanish custodian David de Gea was unable to handle the film. Costa once again equalised for spanish side in the fifty-fifth moment. Nacho redeemed himself after scoring a brilliant half-volley from outside the box at 58th minute. Gerard Piqué brought down Ronaldo outside the box at 86th minute, Ronaldo scored the free recoil to equalise the game at 3-3, earning his first-ever World Cup hat-trick. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

list of matches [edit ]

unofficial matches [edit ]

An extra three matches have been played between the countries which are not considered official ( although are included in some media articles relating to the competition and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved ) : [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

  1. ^ Taking all matches into account, this would have been the 7th touch .
  2. ^ Taking all matches into account, this would have been the 13th suffer .
  3. ^ Taking all matches into account, this would have been the 14th meeting .

Statistics [edit ]

overall [edit ]

4 June 2021

Matches Wins Goals
Portugal Draws Spain Portugal Spain
FIFA World Cup 6 0 2 4 7 22
UEFA European Championship 3 1 2 0 2 1
All competitions 9 1 4 4 9 23
Friendly 29 5 12 12 35 52
Total 29 5 12 12 35 52
All matches 38 6 16 16 44 75

peak goalscorers [edit ]

5 Player scored 5 goals

See besides [edit ]

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