Atlanta, USA<\/strong> \u2013 The Spanish national team left behind the doubts of their 2026 FIFA World Cup debut and responded with a resounding 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, in a match where the talent of Lamine Yamal and the goal-scoring effectiveness of Mikel Oyarzabal shone.<\/p>n”\n\n“n You might be interested<\/a><\/strong>: Raphinha suffers a muscle injury and Brazil accelerates his recovery in the middle of the World Cup<\/a><\/p>n”\n\n“n After the unexpected stumble in their debut, the Spanish team showed a much more solid and dynamic version. The coach made four changes to the starting eleven and found the answer he was looking for, with a convincing performance that restores confidence to the team and brings them closer to the round of 32.<\/p>n”\n\n“n Lamine Yamal, starting for the first time in the tournament, was one of the most disruptive figures of the match. His speed, creativity, and ability to break lines gave a new dimension to the Spanish attack, confirming the importance he holds for the team’s offensive functioning.<\/p>n”\n\n“n Another of the protagonists was Mikel Oyarzabal, who experienced a day of vindication. The forward went from an unfavorable statistic in the debut against Cape Verde to becoming one of the big names of the match by scoring a brace that paved the way for La Roja’s rout.<\/p>n”\n\n“n Spain dominated the action from the first minutes, controlled ball possession, and constantly generated dangerous opportunities against a Saudi team that never found answers to contain the pace imposed by the Europeans.<\/p>n”\n\n“n With this result, the European champion regains positive feelings and strengthens her aspirations to advance to the next round, while Saudi Arabia is left in a compromised situation ahead of its next commitments in the tournament.<\/p>n”\n\n“n <\/p>n”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “n n” “n Atlanta, USA \u2013 The Spanish national team left behind the doubts of their 2026 FIFA World Cup debut and responded with a resounding 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, in a match where the talent of Lamine Yamal and the goal-scoring effectiveness of Mikel Oyarzabal shone. n” “n You might be interested: Raphinha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":511911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[43446,43601,40231,40563,40853],"class_list":["post-511910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-spain","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29aC","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/espana-arabia-saudi-mundial-2026.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/espana-arabia-saudi-mundial-2026.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}