The Spanish national team put on a real show in their first match of Group E of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday night and scored 7 goals against the Costa Rica national team (7:0).

Players of the Spanish national team at the 2022 World Cup in QatarPhoto: Michael Zemanek / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia

Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres with a double, Marco Asensio, Gavi, Carlos Soler and Alvaro Morata all beat Keylor Navas in turn.

The last match in the history of the world championships with such a result was Portugal – North Korea from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when the Lusitanians won with a score of 7:0.

What place does the victory of Spain occupy in the ranking of the most categorical successes in the history of world championships?

The goal fest offered by the Spaniards ranks only 4th in the history of the most emphatic victories in the history of World Cups.

The Iberians only managed to match Portugal’s performance at the World Cup in South Africa, but Luis Enrique’s wards were far from an absolute record in the history of these competitions.

At the same time, Spain showed extraordinary efficiency and managed to score with all shots in the goal of Keylor Navas.

The most categorical successes in the history of world championships

  • WC 1982: Hungary 10:1 El Salvador
  • WC 1954: Hungary 9:0 South Korea
  • WC 1974: Yugoslavia 9-0 Congo
  • WC 1938: Sweden 8:0 Cuba
  • WC 1950: Uruguay 8:0 Bolivia
  • WC 2002: Germany 8:0 Saudi Arabia
  • WC 1954: Uruguay 7:0 Scotland
  • WC 1954: Turkey 7:0 South Korea
  • WC 1974: Poland 7:0 Haiti
  • WC 2010: Portugal 7:0 North Korea
  • WC 2022: Spain – Costa Rica 7:0.

At the same time, this victory for Spain brings us interesting information that contributed to a new page in the history of Spanish football, reports GSP.

  • Javi (18 years and 110 days) and Alejandro Balde (19 years and 36 days) are the youngest World Cup debutants in Spain’s history. The previous record belonged to Cesc Fabregas (19 years and 41 days).
  • Gavi became the 3rd youngest scorer in the history of World Cups. The absolute record belongs to the great Pele (17 years and 241 days), followed by the Mexican Manuel Rosas (18 years and 93 days).
  • This is the first time in history that Furia Roja has scored 7 goals in a final tournament.
  • Spain had 1,000 accurate passes, the most in a World Cup, without extra time. In 2018, he completed 1,008 passes against Russia, but in overtime.
  • Spain had 4 players under the age of 21 (Pedri, Gavi, Balde, Nico Williams). The last national team to do so was Nigeria in 2002. The only European country to do so was Yugoslavia in 1930.
  • Spain became the first national team since the Soviet Union (1986) to score 3 goals in 30 minutes in the first match at the World Cup.
  • Spain had not managed to score 3 goals so quickly since 1934 when they made it 3-0 against Brazil in the 19th minute.
  • Barcelona became the second club in the world to have two players under the age of 20 in a World Cup match, Gavi and Pedro. Canon Younde (Cameroon) became the first club in 1994.

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