The Spaniards started with a victory at the world championship in Qatar, defeating Costa Rica with a score of 7:0. Barcelona midfielder Gavi has become the youngest World Cup goal scorer since 17-year-old Pelé in 1958.
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The Spanish national football team defeated the team of Costa Rica with a score of 7:0 in the first round match of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar.
Goals were scored by Dani Olmo (11th minute), Marco Asensio (21), Ferran Torres (31 – from the penalty spot, 54), Gavi (74), Carlos Soler (90) and Alvaro Morata (90+3).
This is by far the biggest victory in the current tournament, the British had previously defeated Iran with a score of 6:2.
RBC Sport led live broadcast of this meeting.
The Spanish national team won its biggest victory in the world championships, the last time such a defeat was at the world championship in 2010, when Portugal defeated North Korea also with a score of 7:0.
Barcelona midfielder Gavi (18 years and 110 days) became the youngest goal scorer in the World Cup since 1958, when the Brazilian Pelé scored once morest Sweden in the final match at the age of 17 years and 249 days.
Spain became the sixth team to break the 100-goal mark at the World Cup, joining France (124), Italy (128), Argentina (138), Germany (227) and Brazil (229). The hundredth goal of the Spaniards is on account of Dani Olmo.
Spain is the first European team since 1962 to have two teenagers in the World Cup starting lineup (Gavi and Pedri). Gavi became the youngest player in the history of the Spanish national team to play in a major tournament (World Cup + Euro).
The Spanish national team broke the record of the world championships in possession of the ball. In the match with Costa Rica, the Spaniards owned the ball 81.7% of the playing time. Prior to this, the record was held by the Argentina national team, which in the match once morest Greece at the 2010 World Cup owned the ball 80.3% of the time.
In addition, the Costa Rica team did not inflict a single blow on the opponent’s goal in this meeting. The only time (the statistics of hits at the World Cup is available since 1966) was in 1990, when the Costa Ricans failed to hit the goal of the Brazilian national team.
In another match in group E, the German national team conceded the Japanese team with a score of 1:2.
In the second round, on November 27, Japan-Costa Rica and Spain-Germany matches will be held.
