Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE: World Cup latest score and updates as Lamine Yamal scores first goal and Mikel Oyarzabal doubles lead

10 mins: Just minutes into his first World Cup start and he has his first goal – Yamal finds himself on the end of a wonderful cross from Oyarzabal.

8 mins: First corner of the game and Spain try a set play with the ball being whipped out to Dani Olmo on the edge of the area who mishits the volley far over the bar.

5 mins: Spain are probing already, with success running up both wings and swinging in a cross or two. They are clearly looking to break through early to prevent another Cape Verde situation.

Saudi Arabia line-up with a conservative back-five to try and keep Spain at bay. Yamal immediately makes an impact, shrugging off a defender before whipping in a decent ball to be cleared away.

Despite leaving the game against Uruguay with a valuable point, they only had 33 per cent possession, which against a team like Spain, who are known for their passing football, could present some serious problems.

But the other side of that coin is to be able to convert with such little possession and only three shots in the game, does show that if they can hold Spain off, they can give themselves a chance on the counter-attack.

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Spain boss Luis de la Fuente said he did not want to compare 18-year-old Lamine Yamal to Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona – but had no problem comparing the teenager to “geniuses” Salvador Dali and Michelangelo.

“The worst mistake we could make would be to compare him to anyone,” De la Fuente said. “He is the midst of a process. He has exceptional footballing maturity and lives it all with total naturalness. He has great serenity and strength. We have to let him follow his path but those players who have something different are ready for that.

“They are geniuses, like Dali can paint a picture, or Michelangelo. They’re different. What is exceptional to us, isn’t to them. In those extremes, they feel comfortable. Why? Because they are different. What we think is exceptional, they consider normal.”

The near-unanimous favourite among our writers to lift the World Cup, Spain have gotten off to a pretty rocky start after being held to a 0-0 draw by debutants Cape Verde. This means they miss out on top spot in our power rankings, which would’ve probably been theirs if they had won, though a little bit of leeway can be given due to their lingering injury problems in the opener. Both Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams had to start on the bench, but each man did make a substitute cameo, which hints that they could be ready to play a greater role for the rest of the group stage.