Luis Enrique has stated Spain teenager Gavi can be “one of many stars of world soccer” after he turned the youngest World Cup goalscorer since Pele 64 years in the past.
Gavi scored Spain’s fifth objective in a 7-0 thrashing of Costa Rica – La Roja’s biggest-ever World Cup victory.
The Barcelona midfielder’s World Cup objective, an excellent volley with the surface of the foot which went in off a submit, got here on the age of 18 years and 110 days.
Pele scored towards Wales in a 1958 quarter-final on the age of 17 years and 249 days.
Enrique stated: “Gavi is a singular participant. He’s 18 however he has the character of an skilled participant.
“He’s a boy who wants slightly little bit of calm typically. However we’re glad to have him within the crew and he’s going to be one of many stars of world soccer.”
Gavi turned Spain’s youngest goalscorer when he scored towards the Czech Republic and earlier than his 18th birthday in June.
He’s now Spain’s youngest scorer at a World Cup.
Ferran Torres, with a brace, Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio, Carlos Soler and Alvaro Morata had been additionally on course as Costa Rica had been crushed.
“We don’t have one striker who scores many objectives,” Enrique stated. “However now we have a lot of gamers who rating objectives and I’ve by no means been fearful concerning the lack of objectives.
“We’re at all times the very best scorers in competitions.
“This was a really particular recreation for us and we needed to begin the competitors in one of the simplest ways potential. We don’t begin nicely (in tournaments). We nearly by no means win the primary recreation, however now we have managed to interrupt that.”
Spain play Germany – shock 2-1 losers to Japan – on Sunday and will successfully put the four-time winners out of the event.
Requested about that chance, Enrique stated: “I don’t wish to speculate on that. Germany is an incredible crew.
“We now have to be calm, regardless that now we have had an enormous victory.
“I don’t assume that they had one likelihood. We dominated from the primary minute and we created areas to have good probabilities.”
Costa Rica, quarter-finalists in 2014, had been the final crew to qualify for the World Cup after beating New Zealand in an intercontinental play-off in June.
Head coach Luis Fernando Suarez stated: “I’m feeling very unhappy. There’s little question about that. I had very totally different expectations for this match.
“Spain performed an incredible recreation and we didn’t. We now have gamers who’re higher than right this moment.
“We now have to overlook about this consequence and begin excited about the following recreation, nevertheless tough that could be.”
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