Spain’s World Cup match against Cape Verde produced one of the strangest statistics in tournament history. Spain striker Mikel Oyarzabal did not touch the ball once during the opening 30 minutes, even though Spain controlled possession and created chance after chance.

SPAIN 0-0 CAPE VERDE: The European champions were continually thwarted by Cape Verde in their World Cup opener, eventually turning to Lamine Yamal with 20 minutes left, but even…

Spain's ghosts of recent World Cup horror shows reappeared in Atlanta as the European champions were held 0-0 by debutants Cape Verde in their opening game on Monday.