The 7-0 defeat of Costa Rica, on the afternoon of this Wednesday (23), was the biggest victory won by Spain in World Cups. The previous mark was 6-1 against Bulgaria in the last round of the first phase of the 1998 French Cup.
Despite the result in the French World Cup, it was of no use, since the team of Zubizarreta, Hierro, Raúl and Luis Enrique ended up being eliminated, after losing to Nigeria by 3 to 2 and drawing without goals with Paraguay.
The score against the Costa Ricans, however, is still far from the biggest rout of all editions of the Cups. In Spain-1982, Hungary applied 10 to 1 in El Salvador. Then came two 9-0 scores (Yugoslavia over Zaire, in 1974, and Hungary over South Korea, in 1954).
The curiosity of the victory over Costa Rica is that the score this Wednesday was one goal from the sum of all scored by Spain in the edition in which it won the title, in the 2010 South African Cup. On that occasion, the Spaniards only scored 8 goals in 7 games.
There were four goals in the first phase and 1-0 victories in the knockout duels: Portugal (eighth), Paraguay (quarter), Germany (semifinal) and Holland (final, in overtime).
Check out the biggest goals of the Cups:
Hungary 10 x 1 El Salvador – 1982
Yugoslavia 9 x 0 Zaire – 1974
Hungary 9 x 0 South Korea – 1954
Germany 8 x 0 Saudi Arabia – 2002
Uruguay 8 x 0 Bolivia – 1950
Sweden 8 x 0 Cuba – 1938
Hungary 8 x 3 Germany – 1954
Spain 7 x 0 Costa Rica – 2022
Portugal 7 x 0 North Korea – 2010
Turkey 7 x 0 South Korea – 1954
Uruguay 7 x 0 Scotland – 1954
Poland 7 x 0 Haiti – 1974
Brazil 7 x 1 Sweden – 1950
Italy 7 x 1 United States – 1934
Germany 7 x 1 Brazil – 2014
Germany 7 x 2 Turkey – 1954
France 7 x 3 Paraguay – 1958
Argentina 6 x 0 Serbia and Montenegro – 2006
Soviet Union 6 x 0 Hungary – 1986
Argentina 6 x 0 Peru – 1978
West Germany 6 x 0 Mexico – 1978
Hungary 6 x 0 Dutch East Indies – 1938
England 6 x 1 Panama – 2018
Spain 6 x 1 Bulgaria – 1998
Uruguay 6 x 1 Yugoslavia – 1930
Brazil 6 x 1 Spain – 1950
Argentina 6 x 1 United States – 1930
Czechoslovakia 6 x 1 Argentina – 1958
Hungary 6 x 1 Bulgaria – 1962
Russia 6 x 1 Cameroon – 1994
Germany 6 x 1 Austria – 1954
Denmark 6 x 1 Uruguay – 1986
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