Costa Wrecker! Spain inflict great pains and wreck Costa Rica

Expectedly, Spain took a commanding lead of Group E, beating Costa Rica 7-0 in a one-sided game at the Al Thumama Stadium,

Wednesday night.

It is the widest margin so far in the series and remains a record scoreline downing the Germany’s 7-1 defeat of Brazil eight years ago and second only to the 9-0 defeat of the then Zaire (Congo DR) by the then Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro.

At half time they were already three goals up in a game that scoring occurred almost at regular interval of 11, 21 and 31^st minute.

And so under 31 minutes, the favourites were already three goals up. The game was barely 10 minutes old when Dani Olmo found the net for Spain.

Ten minutes later, they were two goals up through Marco Asenso who  scored with the left foot.

By then,  Spanish armada were already on course for a predictable easy win.

 Torres made it 3-0 from the  penalty spot in the 31st.. They began the second half almost in a similar fashion. In the 54^th minute, Ferran Torres found the net with the left foot to take the tally to four.

There and then, they reduced the game almost to a walking pace. In the 75^th minute, Gavi volleyed home to make it 5-0 for Spain.

On the dot of regulation time, it was 6-0 as Carlos Soler pounced on a loose ball to put the ball to the right of the goalkeeper.

By then, eight additional minutes had been announce. In the third minute of the added time, Morata in shirt number 7 scored the seventh goal.