FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Costa Rica WWDWW 0
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Spain WWLWW 7
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ESP347
Al Thumama Stadium · 40,013 att. · FOX

Match Report

Young Spain squad routs Costa Rica 7-0 at World Cup

— Spain’s young squad got off to a high-scoring start at the World Cup, routing Costa Rica 7-0 on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
0
18.1
Possession
81.9
0
SHOTS
17
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
165
Accurate Passes
978
230
Passes
1045
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
4
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
46
20
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
4
17
Effective Clearances
4
17
Clearances
4

Head to Head

ESP leads series 3-0

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 24Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 16RodriCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 26PedriLM
  8. 9GaviRM
  9. 10Marco AsensioF
  10. 21Dani OlmoLF
  11. 11Ferran TorresRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Álvaro MorataSUB
  2. 15Hugo GuillamónSUB
  3. 19Carlos SolerSUB
  4. 8KokeSUB
  5. 17Yéremy PinoSUB
  6. 3Eric GarcíaSUB
  7. 13David RayaSUB
  8. 22Pablo SarabiaSUB
  9. 6Marcos LlorenteSUB
  10. 20Dani CarvajalSUB
  11. 14Alejandro BaldeSUB
  12. 12Nico WilliamsSUB
  13. 4Pau TorresSUB
  14. 25Ansu FatiSUB
  15. 1Robert SánchezSUB

CRC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 15Francisco CalvoCD-L
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-R
  4. 8Bryan OviedoLB
  5. 16Carlos MartinezRB
  6. 17Yeltsin TejedaCM-L
  7. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  8. 9Jewison BennetteLM
  9. 4Keysher FullerRM
  10. 7Anthony ContrerasCF-L
  11. 12Joel CampbellCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Juan Pablo VargasSUB
  2. 10Bryan RuizSUB
  3. 19Kendall WastonSUB
  4. 24Roan WilsonSUB
  5. 13Gerson TorresSUB
  6. 18Esteban AlvaradoSUB
  7. 20Brandon AguileraSUB
  8. 2Daniel ChacónSUB
  9. 23Patrick SequeiraSUB
  10. 26Álvaro ZamoraSUB
  11. 25Anthony HernándezSUB
  12. 21Douglas LópezSUB
  13. 11Johan VenegasSUB
  14. 22Rónald MatarritaSUB
  15. 14Youstin SalasSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Spain 1, Costa Rica 0. Dani Olmo (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 21' Goal! Spain 2, Costa Rica 0. Marco Asensio (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba with a cross.
  3. 31' Goal! Spain 3, Costa Rica 0. Ferran Torres (Spain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Costa Rica. Kendall Waston replaces Carlos Martínez.
  5. 54' Goal! Spain 4, Costa Rica 0. Ferran Torres (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 57' Substitution, Spain. Álvaro Morata replaces Ferran Torres.
  7. 57' Substitution, Spain. Carlos Soler replaces Pedri.
  8. 61' Substitution, Costa Rica. Álvaro Zamora replaces Anthony Contreras.
  9. 61' Substitution, Costa Rica. Bryan Ruiz replaces Jewison Bennette.
  10. 64' Substitution, Spain. Alejandro Balde replaces Jordi Alba.
  11. 64' Substitution, Spain. Koke replaces Sergio Busquets.
  12. 68' Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 69' Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Marco Asensio.
  14. 72' Substitution, Costa Rica. Brandon Aguilera replaces Celso Borges.
  15. 74' Goal! Spain 5, Costa Rica 0. Gavi (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata with a through ball.
  16. 82' Substitution, Costa Rica. Ronald Matarrita replaces Bryan Oviedo.
  17. 90' Goal! Spain 6, Costa Rica 0. Carlos Soler (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  18. 90'+2' Goal! Spain 7, Costa Rica 0. Álvaro Morata (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
  19. 90'+7' Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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