Spanish Subs Make History with Assisting Goal

Spanish substitutes made World Cup history when Mikel Merino scored the decisive goal against Portugal, receiving a pass from substitute Ferran, who had been set up by Fabián. All three players entered from the bench, marking only the second time in Spanish World Cup history that one substitute assisted another for a goal. sweetbonan.org

The last occurrence was in 2014 when Cesc Fabregas provided the assist for Juan Mata against Australia. Prior to that, only in 1982 had something similar happened, when Quini set up Saura against Yugoslavia. Spain now advances to face Belgium in the quarterfinals.