Spain reignited their World Cup campaign with a dominant 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Sunday, while debutants Cape Verde continued their impressive run by holding Uruguay to another memorable draw.
The European champions were eager to respond after a surprise 0-0 stalemate against Cape Verde in their opening match last week, when their attack struggled to find a breakthrough.
With teenage sensation Lamine Yamal making his first start in two months after recovering from a hamstring injury, Spain came out aggressively and quickly overwhelmed Saudi Arabia.
Yamal opened the scoring, before Mikel Oyarzabal added a quick brace to put Spain 3-0 ahead inside 24 minutes.
Spain added a fourth goal in the 49th minute when Marc Cucurella’s shot was saved by Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed al-Owais and deflected into the net off defender Hassan al-Tambakti.
