{"id":394749,"date":"2022-11-23T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=394749"},"modified":"2022-11-23T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:28:21","slug":"superb-spain-destroy-costa-rica-7-0-for-biggest-world-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/superb-spain-destroy-costa-rica-7-0-for-biggest-world-cup-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Superb Spain destroy Costa Rica 7-0 for biggest World Cup win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Relentless Spain hammered Costa Rica 7-0 in Group E match at Al Thumama Stadium on Wednesday for their biggest-ever World Cup win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The perfect start for Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adidasfootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@adidasfootball<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1595477731650813963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dani Olmo put them on their way to a resounding victory by netting the 100th goal at World Cups for Spain, which became the sixth nation to score more than 100 times in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Asensio and Ferran Torres also scored a goal each in the first 31 minutes. Torres, Gavi, Carlos Soler and Alvaro Morata added to the lead in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>With 18-year-old Gavi and 19-year-old Pedri starting, Spain became the first European nation with two teenagers in the starting lineup of a World Cup match in 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi and Pedri were among several youngsters picked by Spain coach Luis Enrique in a revamped squad in Qatar \u2014 the third-youngest team among the 32 nations, after the United States and Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona star Gavi then became the youngest goal scorer at the World Cup since Pele in the 1958 final.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The kid is alright \ud83d\ude09\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>Gavi (18y,110d) is the youngest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a> scorer since Pel\u00e9 in 1958 (117y, 249d). <\/p>\n<p>What a moment! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Qatar2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Qatar2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ixdKSH0n2\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9ixdKSH0n2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1595480785531944968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday Spain will meet Germany, reeling from their 2-1 loss to Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relentless Spain hammered Costa Rica 7-0 in Group E match at Al Thumama Stadium on Wednesday for their biggest-ever World Cup win. 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