Soccer-Spain bring in Porro and Olmo for Austria World Cup clash


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 32 - Spain v Austria - Los Angeles Stadium, Inglewood, California, U.S. - July 2, 2026 Spain's Pedro Porro arrives at the stadium before the match REUTERS/Matthew Childs

LOS ANGELES, July ⁠2 (Reuters) - Spain made two changes ⁠to face Austria in their World ‌Cup round of 32 on Thursday, with Pedro Porro and Dani Olmo coming into Luis de ​la Fuente's starting side. Austria ⁠made three changes.

• ⁠Porro starts at right back, with Marcos ⁠Llorente dropping ‌to the bench.

• Olmo returns in attacking midfield as Mikel ⁠Merino is left out of the ​starting lineup.

• ‌Lamine Yamal starts in attack with ⁠Alex Baena ​and Mikel Oyarzabal, with Nico Williams still recovering from a leg injury.

• Austria ⁠bring in Kevin Danso, Paul ​Wanner and Michael Gregoritsch, with Phillip Mwene, Philipp Lienhart and Marko Arnautovic on the ⁠bench.

Lineups:Spain: Unai Simon; Pedro Porro, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella; Rodri, Dani Olmo, Pedri; Alex Baena, Lamine Yamal, ​Mikel Oyarzabal.

Austria: Alexander Schlager; ⁠Stefan Posch, David Alaba, Kevin Danso; Xaver ​Schlager, Nicolas Seiwald, Marcel ‌Sabitzer, Romano Schmid, Konrad Laimer, ​Paul Wanner; Michael Gregoritsch.

(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, editing by Ed Osmond)

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