This was not the start Spain had expected going into its Group H opener against Cabo Verde. Luis De la Fuente’s team were widely anticipated to brush the debutants aside on the way to bigger and better things at this World Cup. It was not to be.
Spain, lining up without Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams from the start, toiled in possession against a side who could not have been more up for the challenge of defending.
