Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia: Yamal, Oyarzabal run riot in first half as La Roja kickstart campaign - as it happened

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Spain have announced themselves at the World Cup with a dominant 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Group H as Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal got on the scoresheet.

Yamal scored early on his first World Cup start, before La Roja continued to dominate -- with Oyarzabal popping up with a brace in two-and-a-half minutes, before the pair were taken off at half-time.

An unfortunate own goal from Hassan Al-Tambakti made it four in the second half, before Ferran Torres had a late goal ruled out for offside.

Here's how it happened.

- De la Fuente urges caution over Yamal comparisons to Messi

Luis de la Fuente's men went into this one without their first tournament goal, as they were held by Cape Verde in their opener.

That game saw the late introduction of Lamine Yamal around 20 minutes from time, whose fitness has been a major talking point heading into the tournament, and his return to the starting XI proved a welcome boost to their attack.

Saudi Arabia, under the stewardship of Georgios Donis, impressed in their first match as they held two-time champions Uruguay to a 1-1 draw -- leaving them still in contention despite the loss.

Because all four teams in the group headed into this one with a point apiece, no country will be able to seal their qualification today -- but nobody can knocked out either.

There's plenty of motivation to top Group H -- as that team will avoid the winner of Group J, which contains Lionel Messi's Argentina, Algeria, Austria and Jordan.