READ MORE:<\/strong> Next Socceroos move after World Cup 'lesson'\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Brothers' beautiful gesture for Australia and dad\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "I know I'm the youngest in the team and I respect everyone, but on the field it's different and I bring out my best."<\/p>\n Pele scored two goals in the 1958 final, when Brazil won its first World Cup by beating Sweden 5-2.<\/p>\n Gavi only managed to score one goal, but his teammates added plenty of others.<\/p>\n Watch Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League,<\/strong><\/em> streaming ad-free, live and exclusive on Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Not long after Japan surprised Germany 2-1 in the other Group E match<\/a>, Spain's young squad avoided any chance of an upset with Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio and Ferran Torres scoring a goal each in the first half.<\/p>\n Torres, Gavi, Carlos Soler and Alvaro Morata added to the lead in the second half.<\/p>\n Olmo's goal was the 100th at World Cups for Spain, which became the sixth nation to score more than 100 times in the tournament.<\/p>\n Craig Foster, Mark Bosnich and Breanna Holden discuss some huge round of 16 Champions League matchups and Graham Arnold's Socceroos World Cup squad<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/stan-sport-football\/ucl-draw-kevin-muscat-and-socceroos-squad\/embed?style=Cover<\/a><\/p>\n It was the first time Spain scored seven goals in a World Cup match, and the first time a team completed 1000 passes in a 90 minute game at the tournament.<\/p>\n With Gavi and 19-year-old Pedri starting, Spain also became the first European nation with two teenagers in the starting lineup of a World Cup match in 60 years, according to statistics platform Opta.<\/p>\n Gavi and Pedri were among the many 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 https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1595489207023288346?s=20&t=jy_N8QlepSecC6VkvD6NYQ<\/a><\/p>\n The young duo helped Spain control the pace of the match from the start at Al Thumama Stadium.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Torres, who is dating the daughter of coach Luis Enrique, scored his first World Cup goal from the penalty spot in the 31st minute.<\/p>\n The others came during the run of play.<\/p>\n Costa Rica looked overwhelmed throughout the game in its third straight World Cup campaign, failing to even get a single attempt on goal.<\/p>\n The team came to Qatar hoping to repeat its surprise run to the quarterfinals in 2014 in Brazil, and avoid a repeat of its winless showing four years ago in Russia.<\/p>\n "We didn't hold on to the possession as we should have done it," Costa Rica coach Luis Fernando Suarez said.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1595478335169110016?s=20&t=jy_N8QlepSecC6VkvD6NYQ<\/a><\/p>\n "We couldn't complete three or four passes."<\/p>\n Spain, which didn't get past the round of 16 in Russia, is trying to break through with a major title after making it to the final of the Nations League and the semifinals of last year's European Championship.<\/p>\n This year the team also qualified for the final four of the Nations League for a second straight time.<\/p>\n Spain's last major triumph came at Euro 2012, two years after it won its lone World Cup title in South Africa.<\/p>\n Only five countries have scored more goals than Spain at the World Cup \u2014 Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Italy and France.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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