Gavi links up with Pele in elite FIFA WC list after Spain wreak havoc on Costa Rica

November 24, 2022 Sports Tak Staff

Gavi became the youngest player to score a WC goal at the tender age of 18-year-and-110-days since Pele (17 years, 249 days, in 1985 final)

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The teenage sensation chalked up the feat by striking the ball with the outside of his right boot and it deflected in off the right post

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The precocious Gavi at the age of 18 is the youngest player ever to play for Spain in a WC match

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By deploying two teenagers in the starting XI, Spain have become the first European country to start with a duplet of Gavi and Pedri in a world cup match since Bulgaria in 1962

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Gavi's adroitness with assists helped Spain in netting two goals in both halves

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He swiftly passed the ball to Dani Olmo, who got Spain underway with their first goal and netted Spain's 100th goal

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Gavi's all-round abilities also provided Spain with a smooth cutback to Ferran Torres which outdid the Costa Rican goalie for a goal

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Beside goals from Gavi, Olmo and Torres' brace, other players who found the back of the net for Spain were Marco Asensio, Carlos Soler and Alvaro Morata

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