Spain leaves nothing in Costa Rica at the World Cup | football world cup

Spain started with a midfield that consisted entirely of players who are active in a club context at Barcelona. Enrique made space for Gavi, Sergio Busquets and Pedri.

From the first whistle, Spain was lord and master. It was waiting for the first goal and it came after more than ten minutes. Dani Olmo rewarded his team for the excellent opening phase: 1-0. The pass on the opening goal came from Gavi. At 18, the FC Barcelona midfielder is the youngest player ever to play for Spain at a World Cup or European Championship.

Great goal Gavi

Costa Rica had barely recovered from the first goal against when Spain scored again. Marco Asensio doubled the margin for the Spaniards: 2-0. It went from bad to worse for Costa Rica, because Ferran Torres was allowed to moor from the penalty spot within half an hour, after a foul on Jordi Alba. He did not fail: 3-0.

Gavi (l) in the youngest World Cup goalscorer since Pelé in 1958.

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Costa Rica hoped to limit the damage somewhat after the break, but it only took ten minutes for Spain to also find the net in the second act. Ferran Torres scored his second of the game: 4-0. The best goal of the game was yet to come. Gavi took the ball on the shoe in one go and made it 5-0 through the inside of the post in a wonderful way. His goal makes him the youngest goalscorer at a World Cup since Pele in 1958.

Carlos Soler made it 6-0 just before time and Álvaro Morata also contributed. He eventually signed for the final score: 7-0.

Spanish national coach Luis Enrique: enjoy and then Germany

Naturally, the Spanish national coach Luis Enrique was satisfied after the 7-0 win over Costa Rica in the first group match at the World Cup in Qatar. “We can now enjoy it for a while, but then we will immediately focus on Sunday’s game against Germany,” said Luis Enrique, who also knew that the starting situation of the Germans is different after their surprising defeat against Japan: “They have to win. ”

According to Luis Enrique, his team can do much better than it showed against the poor Costa Ricans. “Our goal is to constantly dominate the game and for that you have to have the ball,” the coach told Spanish TV channel TVE. “Your opponent gets tired and can’t get in, the way we applied pressure was exceptional and the 16 players we used were excellent. But there is certainly room for improvement.”

“Spain was clearly better than us. They played a great game, we didn’t”, was the conclusion of Costa Rica coach Luis Fernando Suárez, who wondered how he will allow his group of players to recover. “I have to think very carefully about what I’m going to say to my players to cheer them up.” Costa Rica will meet Japan on Sunday.

Spain joins countries with more than 100 World Cup goals

The goal with which Dani Olmo gave Spain the lead against Costa Rica on Wednesday was the hundredth World Cup goal for the Spaniards. This makes the 2010 world champion the sixth country to score 100 or more goals at a FIFA World Cup.

Due to the 7-0 win, Spain is now even on 106 World Cup goals in a ranking led by Brazil, which has already scored 229 times at World Cups. The Brazilians start their World Cup on Thursday against Serbia. Germany follows with 227 goals. Behind them are currently Argentina (138), Italy (128), who is not present in Qatar, and defending champion France (124).

Gavi also entered the books as the third-youngest goalscorer ever at a World Cup. The Barcelona midfielder, who turned 18 in August, made the fifth Spanish goal. Only Brazilian legend Pelé at the 1958 World Cup and Mexican Manuel Rosas (1930) were younger when they scored on the top podium. Gavi was also named Man of the Match.