Uruguay v Spain: World Cup 2026 – live

Key events A few changes for each team. For Spain , Marcos Llorente replaces Pedro Porro in defence, while Mikel Merino and Alex Baena are in Dani ⁠Olmo and Nico Williams. Marcelo Bielsa has Fernando Muslera in goal and Darwin Nunez leading the line. Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Sebastian ​Caceres, Guillermo ​Varela, Mathias Olivera; Manuel ​Ugarte, Rodrigo Bentancur, Federico Valverde, Agustin Canobbio, ​Maxi Araujo, ‌Juan Manuel ​Sanabria; Darwin ​Nunez. Subs: Rochet, Mele, Gimenez, Ronald Araujo, de la Cruz, de Arrascaeta, Pellistri, Martinez, Vina, Rodriguez, Aguirre, Vinas, Piquerez, Bueno, Zalazar. Spain: Unai Simon; Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella; Mikel Merino, Alex Baena, Rodri, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal. Subs: Raya, Joan Garcia, Pubill, Grimaldo, Eric Garcia, Torres, Fabian, Gavi, Olmo, Pino, Porro, Williams, Zubimendi, Munoz, Iglesias. Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA) Share Updated at 00.04 BST Fun fact, courtesy of Sid Lowe : Uruguay have not won a World Cup game without Luis Suárez since 1990 (just to clarify, Suárez did not play in the 1990 World Cup as he was three years old and he’s not that good ). Suárez is not in the squad for this World Cup. Are Spain the best team at the World Cup? No! Because the Fifa rankings say they’re No 3 in the world, and those rankings are in no way flawed. They are, however, probably among the top two contenders, aside from France. …