1978 - Germany have lost a World Cup game in which they led at half-time for the first time since 1978 (2-3 vs Austria), having gone unbeaten in their previous 21 such matches before today. Japandemonium.
1978 - Germany have lost a World Cup game in which they led at half-time for the first time since 1978 (2-3 vs Austria), having gone unbeaten in their previous 21 such matches before today. Japandemonium.
Tuesday:
โ Argentina lead 1-0 at HT
โ Argentina lose 1-2
Wednesday:
โ Germany lead 1-0 at HT
โ Germany lose 1-2
What is happening at this World Cup.
1 โ Japan have won a World Cup match in which they conceded first for the first time in their history (D2 L7 before today). Spirited.
Even after that incredible win, Japanese fans stayed behind to clean up the entire stadium!
They do it at every tournament
Spain are the first team to go 3-0 up in the first 30 minutes of a World Cup match since Germanyโs 7-1 win over Brazil in 2014.
Dani Olmo
Marco Asensio
Ferran Torres
Top Class
Marco Asensioโs last 8 appearances for club and country:
v Elche
v Sevilla
v RB Leipzig
v Girona
v Celtic
v Rayo Vallecano
v Jordan
v Costa Rica
Thatโs 7 goal involvements in his last 433 minutes played!
Spain tonight completed more passes vs Costa Rica (976) than Iran, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Poland have managed ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ (906) at the #FIFAWorldCup
#Qatar2022
Ferran Torres now has three matches with more than one goal in a Spain shirt:
v Germany (Nations League)
v Italy (Nations League)
v Costa Rica (World Cup)
Stepping up in an important moment again.
Only two teams completed more than 750 passes in a single match in our #FIFAWorldCup database (since 1966):
Spain v in the 2018 Round of 16 โ 1008
Spain v in the 2022 group stage โ 976
And this one was done without extra time.
Since the 1966 World Cup, only two sides played an entire match without taking a single shot:
โข Costa Rica v on 16 June 1990
โข Costa Rica v on 23 November 2022
Theyโll want to forget todayโs match as soon as possible.
Pedriโs game by numbers vs Costa Rica:
96.63% passing accuracy
92 touches
57 minutes played
15 final third entries (most)
7 duels won
3 ball recoveries
3 chances created
2 duels won
The Pedri x Gavi partnership really could be Xavi v Iniesta v2โฆ
Spain have scored 7 goals in a World Cup match for the first time โ their biggest win since their 6-1 victory over Bulgaria in 1998.
Are we looking at the new favourites?
Only two 18-year-olds scored a goal at the last five #FIFAWorldCup tournaments:
โข Lionel Messi v Serbia & Montenegro (2006)
โข Gavi v Costa Rica (2022)
Made in La Masia.
Out of 10 different players who have scored a goal at #Qatar2022 today, Michy Batshuayi is the first one who didnโt score his first-ever #FIFAWorldCup goal, as he also scored v Tunisia in 2018.
A fine finish to put Belgium ahead just before the break!
Thibaut Courtois has just become the first Belgian goalkeeper to save a penalty (excl. shootouts) at the #FIFAWorldCup in our database.
He has now faced 9 penalties in 2022 and saved 5 of them!