FIFA World Cup 2022: Here Are The Top Facts From Spain Vs Cost Rica Match

Spain’s victory over Costa Rica is their biggest in the World Cup, and the biggest in the competition since Portugal beat DPR Korea by the same scoreline in 2010.

Alvaro Morata of Spain celebrates with his team mates after scoring a goal to make it 7-0 during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group E match between Spain and Costa Rica at Al Thumama Stadium on November 23, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.

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Spain defeated Cost Rica 7-0 in the last match which was their biggest win ever at a World Cup with such a huge margin. The win was fueled by goals from Ferran Torres and five other players which sent a message across to the rest of the teams in Qatar.

Facts from Spain - Cost Rica 2022 FIFA World Cup match:

1. Both Spain and Costa Rica named their youngest-ever players in a World Cup match, in Gavi (18y 110 days) and Jewison Bennette (18y 161d) respectively.

2. Since 1966, this is just the second instance of a side (Costa Rica) failing to record a shot in a World Cup match, with the other occasion also Costa Rica against Brazil in 1990.

3. At the age of 18 years and 110 days, Spain’s Gavi was the youngest player to score at the World Cup since Pelé for Brazil against Sweden in the 1958 final (17y 249d).

4. Dani Olmo netted Spain’s 100th goal at the World Cup, becoming the sixth nation to reach 100 goals in the competition’s history after Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Italy.

5. Marco Asensio became the 50th different player to score a goal for Spain at the World Cup (exc. own-goals). Asensio netted only his second goal for Spain in what was his 32nd cap and ended a run of 14 without a goal.

6. Ferran Torres was the third Spanish player to score a brace on their World Cup debut after David Villa vs Ukraine in 2006 and Jose Iraragorri Ealo vs Brazil in 1934. Overall, he’s been directly involved in 16 goals in 32 appearances for the national team (15 goals, 1 assist)

 7. Spain scored three goals in the first half of a World Cup match for only the second time in their history, also doing so against Brazil in 1934. Spain were 3-0 up after 29 minutes against Brazil, compared with going 3-0 up inside 31 minutes tonight versus Costa Rica.

8. This is Costa Rica’s biggest defeat in the World Cup, with them conceding as many goals tonight as they did in their previous eight games in the competition.

9. Spain’s victory over Costa Rica is their biggest in the World Cup, and the biggest in the competition since Portugal beat DPR Korea by the same scoreline in 2010.