Hello and welcome to live coverage of Spain v USA.

The match gets underway.

We're just working our way through the national anthems.

Spanish coach Jorge Vilda said: "We will try to be ourselves, to keep our game philosophy. Our style is recognisable, but when you face this kind of big team it is more difficult to put your game in place," he said. USA have a great tactical and technical level, they are very fast in transitions, they have some of the fastest and most dangerous players in the world. We know that they did not concede a goal in the last seven matches, and that they have scored 47, but the stats are there to be broken."

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Here's the Warm-Up on yesterday's VAR disaster.

The US, on the other hand, are old hands at all this. They are heavy favourites and will be confident that they can progress to the quarter-finals.

This is Spain's first appearance in the knockout stages of the World Cup.

Here's the US XI.

Here's the Spanish line-up.