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Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the World Cup Group B clash between Portugal and Spain. We'll bring you all the action as it happens in Sochi. Kick off is at 7pm.

World Cup / Group Stage
Fisht Stadium / 15.06.2018
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Tom Adams

Updated 15/06/2018 at 19:54 GMT


56'
The second half had started at a slower pace, with a lower itensity, than the first half, but Spain have taken their chance. Good freekick from Silva, there. Nice idea from the playmaker.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Portugal 2 Spain 2 (55 mins - Diego Costa). It's another equaliser and it's Costa again! Silva clipped a clever freekick to the back post, where Busquets beat Guedes to the header and knocked it down for Costa, who bundled home a finish from a matter of yards out.
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How long will Iniesta last? The Barcelona playmaker is now into the twilight of his career and only tends to play around 60 minutes at club level. Will we see replaced by Thiago soon?
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Spain have controlled the ball since the restart, but you have to admire the worth ethic of this Portuguese team. They are very well drilled and are very good at plugging the gaps at the back.
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The signs in the early part of this second half is that Portugal have decided to put Carvalho on Iniesta in an attempt to keep the Spanish playmaker under wraps. He has played well.
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De Gea will be hoping to make a save early on in this second half. He has made a few mistakes for Spain in recent times, but none as big as the one he made before the break.
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Santos will be pleased with how his Portugal side played in the first half. They started well, then sat back and absorbed the Spanish pressure, then finished the half well as well.
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How long will Hierro wait before making a change to his Spain team? As well as his side have played in the midfield, they could do with more of a cutting edge in the final third.
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No changes for either side at the half time interval and let's hope there is no change in the entertainment this match has served up so far. The first half was a wonderful spectacle.
2nd Half
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The second half is under way! Portugal are 2-1 up against Spain in Sochi.
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What did you make of the first half in Sochi? Is there any way for Spain to stop Ronaldo, who looks on the top of his game? Have Spain been a little unlucky in the opening 45 minutes? Tweet me!
End of 1st Half
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HALF TIME: Portugal 2-1 Spain. The referee blows up a minute early for some reason and Portugal take a 2-1 lead into the break. What a magnificent half of football that was. Wow.
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Two minutes of stoppage time to be played at the end of the first half.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Portugal 2 (44 mins - Cristiano Ronaldo) Spain 1. Ronaldo has a second goal, but what a blunder by De Gea! WOW! You don't see that very often. Ronaldo got the shot away from just inside the box and the Spain goalkeeper allows the effort to slip through his fingers.
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44'
Once again, Portugal fail to make the most of the chance on the counter attack. Why would they turn back? In the end, the cross is played in by Cedric and Pique beats Ronaldo to the header.
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ISCO SHOT! Good play from Spain presents Isco with the chance to get a shot away on goal from the edge of the box. He wraps his right foot around it, but Patricio makes the save.
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These past few minutes have been a bit more conservative from the two teams. Spain have slowed things down, with Portugal quite happy to stand off allow them to have the ball.
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