The goals of the match have been scored by Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio and Ferran Torres in just half an hour of play.
The Spanish team has been beating its Costa Rican counterpart 3-0 in a match valid for Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
After a start in which the Spaniards went all out in search of scoring, the first came relatively quickly. An accurate pass to the center of the area was well received by Dani Olmo, who had no problem beating the Costa Rican goal with a placed touch following 11 minutes of play.
After the goal, the Spanish attacks did not stop until the second came at 21 through Marco Asensio. Ten minutes later the third fell for the Hispanics through a well-executed penalty shot by Ferran Torres.
Preview of Spain vs Costa Rica
Spain vs. Costa Rica: Both national squads will face each other for the first date of the Group E on Wednesday, November 23 at 11:00 a.m. (Peru) at the Al Thumama stadium for the Qatar World Cup 2022.
The Spaniards have qualified for this World Cup on the land of Western Asia following being in first place in Group B of the UEFA qualifiers with a total of 19 units. Leaving Sweden on the way (played the Play Offs), Greece, Georgia and Kosovo.
This campus has had a very important generational change following its golden age 12 years ago. ‘La roja’, in this new squad directed by Luis Enriquehas only kept Sergio Busquets as the only member of the selection of spain who won the world cup South Africa 2010. The other footballers who accompany him are youngsters with a lot of projection and who are starters in the best teams in Europe.
Currently, ‘la furia’ achieved an important objective by positioning itself in the first position of Group 2 of League A of the Nations League 2022. In his last game he faced Portugal and managed to eliminate the country from Cristiano Ronaldo with a goal from Alvaro Morata at 88 minutes of the complementary part.
The ‘Ticos’ want to make history once more
The selection of Costa Rica came up Qatar 2022 as the penultimate slot for this World Cup event. The Central American representatives agreed to the playoffs following finishing fourth in the CONCACAF qualifiers with 25 points. This was the same score as the United States (3rd box), but they had less goal difference.
On Tuesday, June 14, the pupils of Luis Fernando Suarezthey faced the New Zealand national team and qualified for the World Cup by winning by the slightest difference with an early goal by the striker Joel Campbell (3’).
The best participation of the ‘Ticos’ was in Brazil 2014 where they integrated the considered ‘group of death’ and managed to classify as first. Leaving Uruguay as his escort and eliminating Italy and England.
In the round of 16 they beat their counterpart from Greece 5-3 on penalties and in the quarterfinals they faced Netherlands where in a highly contested match they managed to reach the penalty shootout where they lost 4-3. In the final classification, they ranked eighth in said tournament.
Group E
Spain vs Costa Rica: Spaniards, Costa Ricans, Germany and Japan make up the Group E of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. ‘The red’ are currently in seventh position in the FIFA World RankingThey have had 15 participations in World Cup events and were champions only once.
The ‘Ticos’ occupy box 31, have been there 5 times and their best position is eighth place. The Teutons, for their part, are in 11th place, have participated 19 times and have four world titles. Finally, Japan is in 24th place, has qualified 6 times and ranked ninth.
In which stadium will the Spain vs Costa Rica 2022 World Cup be played?
The Al Thumama Stadium It will be the sports venue that will receive Spain vs Costa Rica Qatar 2022. It is located in the city of Doha.
It was inaugurated on October 22, 2021, when the Amir Cup Final was held between the Qatari teams Al Rayyan vs Al Sadd. Its structure is inspired by the traditional hats used by men from the Middle East, also known as “caps”.morning”.
For the match of Spain vs Costa Rica 2022, a total of 40,000 fans will be able to enteralthough at the end of the World Cup Qatar 2022 It is planned to reduce its capacity to 20,000 locations in order to use this space for the construction of medical centers, hotels, stores, among others.
Matches at Al Thumama Stadium Qatar 2022
In addition to the expected Spain vs Costa Rica 2022, Al Thumama Stadium will host 7 Qatar 2022 matchesdivided between the Group Phase and the final phase, where a match for the round of 16 stands out on Sunday, December 4, and another for the quarterfinals on Saturday, December 10.
The Qatar World Cup matches that will be played at the Al Thumama Stadium are:
- Senegal (0) vs (2) Netherlands / November 21 / Group A (Match concluded)
- Spain vs Costa Rica / November 23 / Group E
- Qatar vs Senegal / November 25 / Group A
- Belgium vs Morocco / November 27 / Group F
- Iran vs United States / November 29 / Group B
- Canada vs Morocco / December 1 / Group F
- Winner of Group D vs Second of Group C / December 4 / Round of 16
- Quarterfinals / December 10
