And the second Spanish goal was almost as fine as the first.
Gundogan and Kimmich are wonderful players that almost every national team in the world would kill to have in its starting lineup. But it’s just not the well-oiled midfield machine of Kroos and Reus.
Wow, Germany is…still a shell of itself. Still in 2018 mode.
Like England and France earlier, Spain making a statement in its opener.
Programming note, love me some Asensio.
Gavi is Spain’s next pain in the arse for a decade.
It’s really ridiculous to grant 8 minutes of stoppage time in a game with a 6-0 lead and no injuries or VAR breaks in the second half.
ETA: well, 7-0, at least good for Spain’s scoreboard.
FIFA has been really clear to the referees that they want all minutes contemplated, including time burned in stoppage.
But yeah, with a score like that, in the Bundesliga they would typically cut that one right off at time, regardless of what had happened.
The announcer for ARD speculated (maybe he has inside information) that FIFA has people outside the pitch with stop clocks who signal the exact stoppage time to the refs. Ok, if they want that, make it official like in basketball or handball, but not in such a backhanded way.
They are going to go through the alphabet with the <>AVI’s aren’t they?
In reverse alphabetical order? But some combinations are not possible in Spanish.
At least that was more like I imagine a European team to play (have not seen the game, but I read here and in other sites). Over 1.000 passes, over half of them in the oponent’s half. That is a very Spanish world cup record. And seven goals, one for each deadly sin. The last one must have been gluttony 
Spain looked strong, very strong, but Costa Rica was abysmal, even worse than Quatar in the opening match.
The legend of Kaylor Navas was born in the 2014 WC. It died at the 2022 tournament.
I am glad to read that: never could stand him.
Muller is a faker too.
Busquets has collapsed against intense pressure at Barca. That and lack of an elite striker are the main issues, imo.
I don’t follow….
We’re about to see another one of the world’s best midfielders - Belgium’s Kevin DeBruyne.
But Canada sound like they’ve become a very decent team.
Up thread you said only Kimmich, on Germany, milked fouls.
Glad for Canada. Davies is maybe the best CONCACAF player since Huga Sanchez, it’d be a shame for him to not play in a WC.
Terrible penalty.
Yeah, that was weak, but Canada still dominates Belgium.