View Portugal Vs Spain War Background. Apart from the excellent reasons (political and economic) already given, i just want to point out a few addi. I'm a portuguese (check my bias).

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Alba's cutback for iniesta allows the midfielder to strike portugal and spain's only previous world cup encounter was in 2010. The spanish war of independence (called peninsular war in english speaking world) pitted spain, great britain, and portugal against napoleonic france. I'm a portuguese (check my bias).

The spanish war of independence (called peninsular war in english speaking world) pitted spain, great britain, and portugal against napoleonic france.

The answers here (up to the moment) where so good that i was obliged to upvote them all. The spanish war of independence (called peninsular war in english speaking world) pitted spain, great britain, and portugal against napoleonic france. A peaceful transition to democracy following the death of dictator francisco franco in 1975, and rapid economic modernization (spain joined the eu in 1986) gave spain a dynamic and rapidly growing. The best place to find a live stream to watch the match between portugal and spain.