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Spain star Xavi made his way into World Cup history today, Monday, against Cape Verde at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Eight competition in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
And I mentioned Squaka network specializing in statistics Xavi became the sixth player in World Cup history to play in two rounds of the tournament aged 21 or younger, joining legends of the game Pele, Norman Whiteside, Rigobert Song, Salomon Olympia and Samuel Eto’o.
In turn, he noted A Mr. Cheap account specializing in numbers and statistics The Spanish national team failed to start the World Cup, winning only four of their previous 16 games.
He explained that the first victory was achieved in 1934 against Brazil, then in 2002 against Slovenia, in 2006 against Ukraine and finally in 2022 against Costa Rica.
The account added that only four African teams managed to win their opening game at the World Cup out of 13 African teams that participated in the tournament: Tunisia in 1978, Algeria in 1982, Nigeria in 1994 and Senegal in 2002.
He also noted that the last four African teams to have played their first match at the World Cup until then had lost: Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo in 2006.
Group Eight features Spain, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Cape Verde, making it one of the most balanced and interesting groups of the tournament, given the teams’ similar levels and ambitions.
