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Portugal national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Jun 15, 2018 at 7pm UK
 
Spain national football team

3-3

Ronaldo (4' pen., 44', 88')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Costa (24', 55'), Nacho (58')

Nacho defends "world-class" David de Gea

Nacho defends
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Spain defender Nacho insists that "world-class goalkeeper" David de Gea will bounce back from his disappointing performance against Portugal.

Spain defender Nacho has insisted that "world-class goalkeeper" David de Gea will bounce back from his disappointing performance against Portugal on Friday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo struck a hat-trick as Portugal claimed a point from the Group B clash in Sochi.

Ronaldo's second squirmed through the arms of De Gea, with the Manchester United stopper adding to the error that he made in the pre-tournament friendly against Switzerland.

Nacho, however, has insisted that De Gea "seems fine" as he looks to overcome the disappointment.

"He seems fine to me. He knows what happened but, as players, we are always exposed to these things. When mishaps happen, we unite and we're all with him 100%," Nacho told reporters.

"He is a world-class goalkeeper and we are lucky to have a player of his calibre. He has no doubts about his own ability and he will bring a lot to the team in the future."

Spain's next Group B clash is against Iran - who beat Morocco 1-0 in their opener - on Wednesday night.

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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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