๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ FIFA World Cup 2022 - Round One: Opening Ceremony, Match Previews, Fixtures, Stats, Results, Live Updates and More

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.

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Tuesday:
โ—‰ Argentina lead 1-0 at HT
โ—Ž Argentina lose 1-2

Wednesday:
โ—‰ Germany lead 1-0 at HT
โ—Ž Germany lose 1-2

What is happening at this World Cup. :sweat_smile:

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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.

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Germany have now lost their opening match in the World Cup for the second time in a row :flushed::exploding_head:

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The first African female referee to officiate at a Menโ€™s FIFA World Cup.

:rwanda: Salima Mukansanga :clap:

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Even after that incredible win, Japanese fans stayed behind to clean up the entire stadium!

They do it at every tournament :clap::jp:

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Spain are the first team to go 3-0 up in the first 30 minutes of a World Cup match since Germanyโ€™s 7-1 win over Brazil in 2014.

:soccer: Dani Olmo
:soccer: Marco Asensio
:soccer: Ferran Torres

Top Class :fire:

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Marco Asensioโ€™s last 8 appearances for club and country:

:soccer: v Elche
:a: v Sevilla
:a: v RB Leipzig
:no_entry_sign: v Girona
:soccer: v Celtic
:a: v Rayo Vallecano
:a: v Jordan
:soccer: v Costa Rica

Thatโ€™s 7 goal involvements in his last 433 minutes played! :clap::clap:

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The perfect start for Spain :es:

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:exploding_head: Spain tonight completed more passes vs Costa Rica (976) than Iran, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Poland have managed ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—•๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—— (906) at the #FIFAWorldCup

#Qatar2022

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Ferran Torres now has three matches with more than one goal in a Spain shirt:

:soccer::soccer::soccer: v Germany (Nations League)
:soccer::soccer: v Italy (Nations League)
:soccer::soccer: v Costa Rica (World Cup)

Stepping up in an important moment again. :muscle:

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Only two teams completed more than 750 passes in a single match in our #FIFAWorldCup database (since 1966):

:1st_place_medal: Spain v :ru: in the 2018 Round of 16 โ€” 1008
:2nd_place_medal: Spain v :costa_rica: in the 2022 group stage โ€” 976

And this one was done without extra time. :flushed:

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Since the 1966 World Cup, only two sides played an entire match without taking a single shot:

โ€ข Costa Rica v :brazil: on 16 June 1990
โ€ข Costa Rica v :es: on 23 November 2022

Theyโ€™ll want to forget todayโ€™s match as soon as possible.

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Pedriโ€™s 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 v2โ€ฆ :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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:es: 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.

:fire: Are we looking at the new favourites?

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Only two 18-year-olds scored a goal at the last five #FIFAWorldCup tournaments:

โ€ข Lionel Messi v Serbia & Montenegro (2006)
โ€ข Gavi v Costa Rica (2022)

Made in La Masia. :smirk:

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Out of 10 different players who have scored a goal at #Qatar2022 today, Michy Batshuayi is the first one who didnโ€™t 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!

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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! :exploding_head:

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Shots:
Belgium 4-14 Canada

Goals:
Belgium 1-0 Canada

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Welcome to the World Cup :medal_sports:

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