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Spain v Costa Rica - as it happened

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Spain vs Costa Rica, Qatar World Cup Group E, matchday 1, 23/11/2022, BeSoccer.
Spain vs Costa Rica, Qatar World Cup Group E, matchday 1, 23/11/2022, BeSoccer.
Follow live coverage of the Group E clash between Spain and Costa Rica. Both sides will be looking to get their World Cup campaigns off to a win to finish off the group's matchday 1 games.
Goal

List of goalscorers

Dani Olmo
11'
1 - 0
M. Asensio
21'
2 - 0
Ferran Torres
31'
3 - 0
Ferran Torres
54'
4 - 0
Gavi
74'
5 - 0
Carlos Soler
90'
6 - 0
Á. Morata
92'
7 - 0
Press

Match report in news

End of match

End of match

  • 90'
    FT: Spain 7-0 Costa Rica. Way too easy for Enrique's men, who were far to strong for a poor Costa Rica side.
  • 90'
    Spain get a foul on the edge of the box.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de España en el 90'
  • 90'
    GOAL FOR SPAIN!!! Morata with Spain's 7th, what an absolutely shocking day out for Costa Rica who see Morata's shot buried into the bottom corner.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de España en el 90'
  • 90'
    GOAL FOR SPAIN!!!! Soler makes the most of some sloppy goalkeeping and drills home off the loose ball.
  • 86'
    Gavi wins foul in attacking half.
  • 81'
    Morata with a good chance, but the Spaniard caught offside as per.
  • 80'
    Nico Williams puts in a great, low, teasing ball but Costa Rica's defence do manage to get that one away.
  • 78'
    Spain really dominating this one now, not even letting Costa Rica a sniff in of the ball.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de España en el 74'
  • 74'
    GOAL FOR SPAIN!! After what seemed to be a dead chance, Gavi picked up the cross and volleyed it into the bottom corner .
Substitution

Substitution

at Costa Rica
  • 72'
    SUB for Costa Rica: Borges off for Aguilera
Substitution

Substitution

at España
  • 69'
    SUB for Spain: Williams on for Asensio.
Card

Yellow card

a Costa Rica
  • 68'
    Calvo gets booked for a hard challenge coming in from behind.
Substitution

Substitution

at España
  • 64'
    SUBS for Spain: Balde and Koke on for Alba and Busquests
  • 62'
    SUBS for Costa Rica: Contreras and Bennette off for Zamora and Ruis.
Substitution

Substitution

at España
  • 57'
    SUB for Spain: Morata coming on for Ferran Torres. Like-for-like change after Torres' brace earns him a rest.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de España en el 54'
  • 54'
    GOAL FOR SPAIN!!!! Torres finishes off a great spell, after turning in the box, taking it away from the goalkeeper and slotting into the empty net.
  • 53'
    Spain put a teasing ball low into the box, but Costa Rica frantically scramble it clear,
  • 48'
    Asensio with the half's first chance, but he sees his effort go just over the bar.
  • 46'
    Back out for the second half, Costa Rica's turn to get us underway...
  • 45'
    HT: Spain 3-0 Costa Rica. Domination from Enrique's men as they cruise to a three goal lead.
  • 45'
    45+5: Asensio fires over after being under pressure from the Costa Rica defender.
  • 45'
    Spain cruising here, with Costa Rica camped in their own half.
  • 40'
    Spain not looking contented with just the 3, and still pressing in the Costa Rican half.
  • 36'
    Spain taking one foot off the gas at the moment and enjoying their 3 goal buffer.
  • 33'
    Costa Rica with a free kick on the right wing.
Penalty scored
Goaaaaal from a penalty!
de España en el 31'
  • 31'
    Ferran Torres makes no mistake and fires home for 3-0! Easy stuff.
  • 29'
    PENALTY TO SPAIN!! Jordi Alba fouled in the box after his heel was caught.
  • 28'
    La Roja comfortably controlling things here, possession being dominated by Luis Enrique's men.
  • 24'
    Asensio makes a dazzling run down the wing and his cross gets blocked out for a corner.
  • 23'
    Spain relentless, they now have a corner....
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de España en el 21'
  • 21'
    GOAL FOR SPAIN!!! Men against boys here, with Asensio adding to the tally. He gets the cross in from Alba and easily slots home into the bottom corner after finding himself unmarked in the box.
  • 19'
    Costa Rica doing their best to get back into this one, but the Spain defence so far remaining solid.
  • 16'
    Spain commit foul to stop the breakaway.
  • 15'
    Spain not letting up and win a free-kick in a dangerous position.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de España en el 11'
  • 11'
    GOAL FOR SPAIN!!!! Spaniards absolutely toying with the Costa Rica defence ends up by looping a ball over the defender to be collected by Olmo and calmly slotted into Navas' net.
  • 9'
    Asensio puts one just wide of the Costa Rica goal, unlucky not to get it on target although I think Navas would have had it covered.
  • 5'
    Dani Olmo goes close as a cross to the back stick gets volleyed just wide by the Spaniard.
  • 4'
    Spain to keen to get going forward and end up committing a foul in the midfield.
  • 2'
    First corner of the game goes to Spain as their attack is put out by a slide tackle.
  • 1'
    Spain get us underway for this clash!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Both sides out here, ready for the national anthems!!
  • PRVW
    Not long to go now until kick-off here in Qatar, less than an hour until Group E's final game for matchday 1 gets underway!
  • PRVW
    Both sides going for predictable starting 11's, with Barcelona youngsters Pedri and Gavi both starting for the European side.
  • PRVW
    Costa Rica starting XI: Navas, Oviedo, Martinez, Calvo, Fuller, Duarte, Tejeda, Borges, Contreras, Campbell, Bennette.
  • PRVW
    Spain starting XI: Simon, Azpilicueta, Jordi Alba, Laporte, Dani Olmo, Gavi, Pedri, Busquets Rodri, Torres, Asensio
  • PRVW
    Stay tuned for line-ups shortly...
  • PRVW
    Strap yourselves in for what promises to be a great game in Group E, as both teams will be wanting to make the most of Germany's slip up earlier on in the day.
Info

Pre-match

23 November 2022, 17:00

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla | VAR: Abdulla Al Marri

Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the World Cup clash between Spain and Costa Rica.