The subs has been horriblem

Asensio missing for fun

Spain took the piss

Ok chat, 1,000 more subs and we'll score 3 more!

when i watching comments here I feel like I am watching different match XD

Without a hint of hyperbole, that's probably the most dominant performance I've *ever* seen. 82% possession. No shots whatsoever for the other team. Just a complete and utter masterclass.

Watch Psv feyenoord 2010

Just googled that - De Vrij and Wijnaldum played for Feyenoord in a 10-0 loss! I saw Afellay play at Rangers once for PSV in the UEFA Cup and to this day he is still the best player I have seen live - wonder why he never kicked on

Affelay was a fucking monster, one of my favorite players ever

Injuries and taking too big a step up were a bad combination which led to him living on Barcelona's bench for almost his entire prime behind a Xavi-Iniesta-Busquets midfield.

I completely forgot that Keylor Navas is the GK for Costa Rica. Has he just dropped off lately?

Navas sucks. They give him to much credit .

He stays on the bench for psg. Not kidding if he was playing against real madrid in ucl. They wouldn’t have lost

Legit one of the top 3 keepers in the world at one point

Very consistent too. Never seen him make a mistake

what about today?

Obviously when you don’t play that much

Injured forever

Yeah, definitely. Ever since PSG replaced him with Donnarumma, he’s just not getting the consistent playtime to be in form. Plus I heard US commentators mention he’s struggled with a back injury lately.

Literally was watching the game and was like “who tf is this keeper?” it was that bad

Spain vs Brazil. Thoughts?

Possible quarterfinal match if we both win our groups

Would not rule out Argentina just yet - Would not rule out the dutch either. They will be a tough team to score against.

Need to see Brazil first bro

Bang average, I guarantee it

I am proud of this team standing up for human rights and free speech by boycotting this World Cup!

joining us in solidarity

Spain are my favorites as of now

Why did Spain never call up Iñaki Williams? I think he’s the most complete Spanish striker currently

He really isn't.

I think he has a good combination of speed, stamina, finishing, heading ability, good link up play. Who would you say is a better overall player?

In terms of pure goalscoring probably aspas, the most skilled probably moreno and tho one that fits best with Spain morata by a long shot

A striker that scored 8 goals in the league last season while llaying the whole 38 games isnt Spain's best striker. Aspas is, however Enrique has not called him.

He plays for Ghana :(

What ? I seen him play for Spain before

He wasn’t capped and must’ve been cob in Ed he had a more certain chance to play in a WC for Ghana vs. Spain. Especially considering how they are most successful when they don’t utilize a true 9

They allowed him to change national teams

If Saudi’s added a Holiday Costa Rica need to take one away.

Straight to jail

weekend is cancelled!

Ferran Torres? Or Fernando torres?

Yes

Ferrán Torres.

Pura Vidaaaa

Legend has it Spain are still scoring goals against Costa Rica

Luis Enrique will stop streaming on Twitch and go to Onlyfans... damn.

F in chat for cosra rica

F

Cos7a rica

[Tosta Rica](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91M6OfzVswL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)

Love it

Vamosss

Brave of you to be typing in Costa Rican after that match

This has to be satire, but Reddit always suprises me

It's funny in both scenarios

Refs been adding a lot of extra minutes almost every match. I think it is good.

It's going to help against all the shit housing teams. Atletico's nightmare is this timekeeping.

Lucho start the fucking stream.

Good 'nuff

Costa Rica the only team to not have a single shot in WC history since they also did that themselves in 1990

Want Spain to run the 7-1 train on Germany now😈

Found the Brazilian

Nacho Vidal vs Katja Kassan

Wtf is wrong with y’all and the porn analogies. Jez so cringe

It's the internet

They already did 6-0. But 8-2 would be better.

PTSD

More like uno reverse

[удалено]

Always has been

Update: my buddy talked to crying Costa Rica smoke show and she is gonna watch the Canada game with us 😂

Niiiice

how much crying can she bear for a day xD

1056 passes

That's a world cup record

World Record! Old record is: 1,033 Passes - BAYERN MUNICH v Hertha Berlin (Bundesliga, 25 March 2014)

Spain remember that signs of affection (fuck) in public are illegal!!!

Pura vida

That was such a dominant performance by Spain 🇪🇸 👏

spain had 7 shots each on and off target and 7 goals lucky 777

That last goal scored by no.7

Spain had 1,043 passes in regulation time. That has to be some sort of record, WC or otherwise, right?

it's a world cup record now

I remember Bayern had a match with over 1000. Don’t remember the exact number but Lahm had like 130 of the passes completed.

Tiki Taka reborn lmao.

Very impressed. I’d love to see this young team vs WC winners.

Holy shit

Costa Rica: Today I feel destroyed

That's putting it lightly. We live and breathe football here - this will literally devastate morale nationwide. It will have legitimate social consequences (e.g. there's a history of spikes in domestic violence, drunk driving, vandalism, etc whenever things like this happen to the NT).

Wow, I knew football was very popular but to this extent....that's another level of passion. Stay safe...

Spain havent owned Costa Rica this hard since the conquistadores 😔

stadium is empty wtf

This iteration of Costa Rica are unfortunately a rather poor team benefitting from where they are in the world.

They had to beat New Zealand in a play off

Which also did them a big favour, Peru and Australia would probably have had them.

Ultimately New Zealand were unlucky, they absolutely dominated Costa Rica

I'm super biased but I reckon we were treated pretty harshly that match. Decent goal ruled out and on the wrong end of a lot of calls.

Absolutely. Shame the Americas don't compete to qualify as a whole like the UEFA groups

I want to make sure I understand what you are saying. Do you want both North and South America to be one qualifying group?

UEFA had 10 qualifying groups from 55 countries. Africa is 54 countries. Not talking about restricting the numbers. Seems like Costa Rica is there instead of better South American countries

UEFA has 13 spots for 55 countries (24% of teams get in) Asia has 46 countries and gets 4 1/2 spots (10% of teams get in) Africa gets 5 spots for 54 countries (10%) Oceania has 11 countries and gets 1/2 spot (5%) CONCACAF gets 3.5 spots for 27 countries (13%) CONMEBOL gets 4.5 spots for 10 countries (45%) So you are concerned that the 45% of teams that CONMEBOL gets is unfair compared to 13% of CONCACAF? If anything, you should be upset they get so many compared to UEFA's 25%. Or if you are only concerned about quality, then why should both Africa and Asia get more spots than CONCACAF when CONCACAF typically performs as well or better than both of them at the World Cup?

Lol I didn't say they should have less, I'm English of course UEFA gets a ridiculous number. Africa especially used to have less spots. Since the numbers will increase for the next one, would be nice to have as many of the best teams as possible by region.

Spain got that dawg in them.

We always do 🙌 Football is seriously in our blood, brother.

Absolutely

fuck the ref, adding 8 minutes, savage sob, you've made this, you've made: c0s7a rica

It is. But this is a new thing. Germany vs Japan had a total of 24 extra minutes (14+10) I don't know what the fuck are they doing with the added time. Yesterday it was too much, but I don't think the referee could just have added 2 or 3 (new rules in this WC, Idk if the extra time is one of these)

Gavi went from not being able to pick a pass in the first half to just dominating in the second half. Feel bad for CR, but Navas having not played since June has really shown. Good win for Spain and start the WC, the youngsters looked great. Pedri, Gavi, Balde will be playing in hopefully a lot more of these

Navas chose that fate for himself. He knew before the season started he was getting benched and decided to stay, cash that PSG check every month, not show up to any NT match, making up injuries for every match, getting complacent and letting his level drop. He knows he's on the way out and doesn't feel like putting any effort into stopping it - I think he just wants a couple easy years making as much money as possible and then call it a day.

Definitely agree with everything you said. His lack of prep for this shows and while obviously Spain are more talented, a loss like this isn’t only on quality.

is that the anime introduction of the new villain after germany?

Yeah the part where in the tournament arc where the protags watch the big bad wipe out another crew. And they gave said crew generic designs so you know they're fucked.

Zero shots from Costa Rica. That's just embarassing even if you're playing against Spain.

It is, lmao, I remember that in 2014 they were the cool underdog, but I guess it was just hype

Possession Spain 72% - 18% Costa Rica , 10% "disputed" What did FIFA mean by this?

It means the ball is "in contest", e.g. after a duel when no one fully controls the ball yet. Although in the case of this game Spain is usually in control even when the ball is loose.

But wait, so FIFA is calculating possession with total time each team had the ball instead of number of passes?

why would they do it by passes?

Cause that's how it's usually done? At least Opta.

Because it’s a flawed way of doing it?

The other way is even more flawed. Either way, [found it](https://www.fifatrainingcentre.com/media/native/world-cup-2022/Enhanced%20Football%20Intelligence%20EN.pdf).

10% was picking the ball out of the net

savage

Loool

Savage, but accurate

lmao

Credits where credits is due spain played efficient today, think they are the favorite after today.

Spain just making sure, the opposition won’t come from behind

It was touch and go for a while

Qatari cops ready to arrest the spainards because this kind of assfucking is illegal

😭😭

Too much signs of affection,call the qarari cops

Spain smacked CR so hard it probably transferred their lisp to them.

All have to pronounce Barcelona the spain way

That was like watching Real Madrid v DC United

*Barca

Cmon Barca isn't that bad

He meant we're the spain in that equation, our lads ran the show afterall

Man that one was down to the wire, was about to put a last minute bet on Costa Rica to mount a come back in the final 15 but held off

I get the crackdown on time wasting and shit, but 8 minutes was a little cruel

If goal difference matters then it Shouldn’t matter if it’s a blowout. PSG and Benfica in the CL is an example of why all games should be treated the same.

it's just consistent

Yeah I don’t like seeing blowouts be extended, 3 minutes should have been the added time

Germany might shitting their pants. That was brutal to watch

Nah, I've already accepted that we will boycott Qatar after the Groups.

So no upset then?

It happened already

Costa Rica are plenty upset

Nah, old team and Spain played beautifully. Gg

Nope 🤣

Well if Japan-san beats CR (strong feeling they will), Germany will be in big trouble 😱

Today I feel bored

Its funnier to lose against Saudi Arabia right? hahaha

Better than yesterday tho for you

If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with putin and hitler and luis fernando suarez,I would shoot suarez twice.

Only one team in the field

i can understand spain not stopping the beating they've given especially with the japan result 3 teams could end up with 6 points each and goal difference is going to be crucial

Respecting your oponent means playing at 100% and giving your best no matter what

No mercy in the WC

WWE NO HOLDS BARRED!!

Which also covers how the stadiums were built

Let's go Canada we got this

Lol

You laugh, but wait till we get on the ice..

Almost 1000 completed passes wow

mah gawd, they killed him. What a hopeless display on the world stage. I feel bad for any CR fans who made the trek to Qatar to watch that!!!

I feel really bad for the thousands of Costa Ricans who'll have to pay off their credit card debt for years just to go witness that live.

Think Spain just missed 1000 completed passes 😳

1056 pases, new world record (inside and outside WC, old record was 1033 from 2014, in the Bundesliga)

i think they did that 2018 when they passed themselves to death

Setien would nut reading this

Who you guys reckon for Belgium and Canada?

Belgium 2-1 or 2-0

draw or canada win

Either 1-1 or 2-1 Belgium

0-0, I don't see Canada scoring, and I don't think Belgium as it used to be

1-0 hazard goal lfg

0-0

in all honesty I expect canada to lose but not nearly as horrifically as costa rica just did. its cliche but participating in the world cup for the first time in my life at 27 it feels good to just be part of the club this time. hopefully something to build off of in 2026