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Spain had World Cup campaigns to forget in 2014 and 2018 but the former champions have an opportunity to rebuild with a new-look team that has several promising youngsters, defender Cesar Azpilicueta said on Saturday.

Spain's Nico Williams, Alejandro Balde, Ansu Fati and Jordi Alba during.

“It is true that previous experiences were not the ones we dreamed of. Football is giving us an opportunity with a young team,” Azpilicueta, who is playing at his third World Cup, told reporters ahead of their Group E opener against Costa Rica on Wednesday. Azpilicueta has won every trophy on offer with his Premier League club Chelsea and the 33-year-old said winning a trophy with Spain would be the icing on the cake in his career.

Costa Rica only picked up one point four years ago, but enjoyed a shock run to the quarter-finals at the previous edition in Brazil, after topping a ‘Group of Death’ that included former world champions Italy, England and Uruguay. “We’ve been together for 12 years, especially the captains. We are trying to lead our group which is very strong and this strength will make us keep on qualifying for World Cups,” Ruiz, 37, told reporters on Tuesday.

Costa Rica’s Colombian coach Luis Fernando Suarez is a World Cup veteran himself, having managed Ecuador at the 2006 tournament and Honduras at the 2014 edition.

 

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