The players of the Spanish national team scored seven goals in return against Costa Rica.

On Wednesday, November 23, as part of the first round of the World Cup group tournament, which is being held in Qatar, the Spanish national team met with the national team of Costa Rica.

The match between the teams took place at the “El-Tumama” stadium in Doha and ended with a score of 7:0 in favor of the European team.

Luis Enrique Dani Olmo opened the score 11 minutes after the starting whistle. After 10 minutes, Marco Asensio strengthened the advantage of the Spaniards. He was assisted by Jordi Alba. Soon, Ferran Torres brought the score to a crushing level, realizing the penalty.

The rest of the goals were scored by the players of the Spanish national team in the second half of the meeting. Ferran Torres, Gavi, Carlos Soler and Alvaro Morata scored.

Spain – Costa Rica – 7:0

goals: Olmo, 11, Asensio, 21, Torres, 31, 54, Gavi, 74, Soler, 90, Morata, 90+2

Spain: Unai Simon, Azpilicuet, Laporte, Rodri, Alba (Balde, 64), Busquets (Koke, 64), Pedri (Soler, 57), Gavi, Olmo, Asensio (Williams, 69), Ferran Torres (Morata, 57)

Costa Rica: Navas, Fuller, Martinez (Waston, 46), Duarte, Calvo, Oviedo (Matarrita, 82), Borges (Aguilera, 72), Tejeda, Campbell, Contreras (Zamora, 61), Bennett (Ruiz, 6)

Warning: Calvo

Match review:

Let’s add that the Spanish national team in the game with Costa Rica set a World Cup record for possession of the ball.

The percentage of time when the Spaniards possessed the ball was 81.7%. This is the best result in the history of the world championships. Before that, the record belonged to the Argentine national team. In the match against Greece at the 2010 World Cup, the Argentines had the ball for 80.3% of the playing time.

Note that in another match of this group, the Japanese national team inflicted a sensational defeat on Germany.

In the next round, the German national team will play against Spain, and Costa Rica will face Japan.