 Makore okupedzisira okutonga kwaOlivares akaratidzirwa nokumukira kukuru muCataloniauye Portugal. Nhoroondo dzeCatalan dzave dzichiratidzira Olivares seakakonzera nemaune kupandukira kwa1640, kuitira kuti akwanise kuipwanya uye nokudaro kubatanidza Spain, kunyange zvazvo izvi zvichionekwa sezvisina chokwadi nevanyori venhau dzakawanda. Panzvimbo pezvo, kunoratidzika kuva kunobvira zvikuru kuti mukutarisana netyisidziro yeFrance yakawedzera uye kudikanwa kwokuunganidza varume, mari nezvombo kuti vadzivirire Peninsula, Olivares akatumira hondo yake yavarume 9 000 muCatalonia achikarira kuramba kwakaganhurirwa. Mhirizhonga yakatevera muchimiro chekumukira kukuru; Portugal yakatevera gare gare mugore iri mukutarisana nekuedza kwaOlivares kugutsa vakuru vayo kuti vashumire muhondo muCatalonia, neLisbon ichipa chigaro chaPhilip kuImba yeBraganza. 