France, July 10 -- At the spectacular SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the Belgians face the daunting task of breaking through a Spanish defence that is yet to be breached in the tournament.

If Spain win, they will head to Texas next Tuesday for a mouth-watering semi-final against the French that many observers are already describing as the final before the final.

First though Spain need to find goals against a Belgium team who started the World Cup slowly but caught fire as the tournament has gone on.

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The 4-1 demolition of the USA in the last round showed just how far the team coached by Rudi Garcia have come in the space of a few weeks.

Spain meanwhile have ...