(Qatar World Cup) "Youth Army" performed brilliantly Spain beat Costa Rica 7-0
China News Agency, Doha, November 23rd. The second match of Qatar World Cup "Group of Death" Group E was staged at the Atumama Stadium. "Spanish Matador" defeated "Pirates of the Caribbean" Costa Rica team 7:0, creating a record Cup goal difference record so far.
The Spanish team's teenager Garvey and other young players performed brilliantly, and the "Youth Army" created by coach Enrique handed in a good answer in the first World Cup.
The picture shows the Spanish team celebrating a goal.
From 2008 to 2012, the Spanish team successively won two European Cup championships and one World Cup championship, achieving a brilliant three consecutive championships in international competitions.
With the retirement of Spain's "golden generation" players, Enrique, who took over the coach in 2019, focused on building a brand new "Matador Legion".
In the first game against Costa Rica, the weakest team on paper in the group, Enrique sent a young starting lineup with an average age of 26.2.
Ferran Torres, Pedri, and Garvey, the three "00" post-middle and frontcourt starters, joined forces to present an offensive feast for the fans.
The triangular passing tactics practiced many times before the game allowed the Spanish team to score the first goal.
In the 10th minute, the 18-year-old teenager Garvey cleverly scored the ball at the top of the arc. Olmo stopped the ball in the penalty area and turned around and scored the 100th World Cup goal in the history of the Spanish team. The Spanish team led 1:0.
In the 20th minute, veteran midfielder Busquets sent the ball to Alba accurately with a diagonal long pass. The latter crossed and assisted. Asensio volleyed and scored. Spain led 2:0.
In the 30th minute, the Costa Rica defender failed to make a clearance in front of the goal and sent a penalty kick to the Spanish team. The teenager Ferran Torres made it overnight and expanded the score to 3:0.
Easy side to fight again, the Spanish team's young players competed to make contributions.
In the 53rd minute, Ferran Torres and Garvey played a tacit cooperation from the right, and the former shot through the net and made another victory.
In the 74th minute, Garvey received a pass from his teammate and scored his first World Cup goal. At 18 years and 110 days old, he became the youngest World Cup goalscorer in Spanish team history.
In the 89th and 91st minutes, Soler and Morata, who came off the bench in the second half, each scored a goal to lock the score at 7:0.
In this campaign, the total number of passes of the Spanish team reached 1043, setting a new record for the passing of the World Cup in regular time.
Seven goals broke the Spanish team's World Cup single-game scoring record.
The Spanish team, which scored all 3 points, will start a "strong dialogue" with the German team on the 27th local time. The latter lost to the Japanese team 1:2 in the game that ended earlier.
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