Portugal vs Spain fan zones: where to watch tonight's World Cup clash in a crowd
Portugal vs Spain kicks off at 8pm tonight, with fan zones and giant screens from Porto to Oeiras — and Ronaldomania in Dallas. Here's where to feel the roar.
Nobody in Portugal is booking a dinner table tonight. The Portugal vs Spain round-of-16 tie kicks off at 8pm (Lisbon time), and from north to south the country has set itself up to watch the Iberian classic the way it deserves: in a crowd, scarf on, heart in mouth.
Where can you watch Portugal vs Spain on a big screen?
In Porto, Praça de D. João I is once again the meeting point, with the match on a giant screen — the square has been the city’s living room all tournament. Around Lisbon, the Oeiras fan zone has moved from the Marina to the Jardim Municipal, precisely to fit more people for a night like this. And across the country, dozens of towns have put up screens in markets and squares — if you hear a collective roar around 8.30pm, now you know why.
What’s the mood like in Dallas?
Across the Atlantic, the temperature has been rising too. The squad’s arrival in the Dallas area drew a sea of people to the team hotel — Portuguese emigrants shoulder to shoulder with Latino fans — and the local press has already coined it Ronaldomania. The AT&T Stadium in Arlington takes more than 90,000 spectators for the most anticipated match of the round.
What’s at stake tonight?
Everything. Spain arrive without conceding a single goal; Portugal arrive with Cristiano Ronaldo playing his final World Cup. Win and it’s the quarter-finals; lose and it’s the flight home — and in a Portugal vs Spain, going home hurts twice as much.
See also: kick-off time and TV details and our full preview of the Iberian classic. Official tournament info at fifa.com.
By Vasco Almada
Image: Антон Зайцев / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
