The curious statistics left by Spain's debut in the Qatar 2022 World Cup
The Spanish soccer team debuted in the Qatar World Cup 2022 all over the top. The team led by Luis Enrique prevailed by forceful 7-0 a Costa Rica in a match in which Spain dominated from start to finish.
Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio, Ferran Torres (twice), Gavi, Carlos Soler Y Alvaro Morata They were the authors of the goals that graced the Spanish recital.
Good game, claw and forcefulness were the details left us by a match that shows that Spain goes for all.
However, beyond it, Said debut also brought with it many other data and statistics to assess.
The statistics left by Spain-Costa Rica
Effectiveness
If many said that Spain he suffered from goal, yesterday was the opposite. The footballers of Luis Enrique They showed that they can be really effective in front of goal.
In fact, they threw 7 shots on goal and all of them ended up at the bottom of the goal defended by Keylor Navas.
historic rout
Never before Spain got a score of 7-0 in favor in a final phase of the world Cup or one Eurocup.
Further, this triumph also becomes one of the greatest victories in a World Cup debut in the entire history of the competition. Only surpassed by Sweden 8-0 Cuba (1938); Uruguay 8-0 Bolivia (1950); Hungary 9-0 South Korea (1954); Hungary 10-1 The Savior (1982) and Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia (2002).
patent style
Spain He also showed that his style of play is more than effective.. Possession allowed the Spanish players to nullify any Costa Rican attempt. In fact, the first half ended with a total of 549 passes in favor of the peninsular team. No team had ever done that in the first half of a World Cup clash.
Ferran Torres and Gavi
Two other players who also broke records were Ferran Torres Y Gavi.
Own Ferran he became the youngest Spanish rookie (22 years and 267 days) to score a double in the world Cup.
Gavi, for his part, surpassed Cesc Fabregas in his time as a Barcelona footballer as the youngest rookie in a world defending t-shirt Spain.
All this data is extracted from the Twitter account of the journalist nicknamed 'MisterChip' (@2010MisterChip).
