Yamal and Williams ready for Spain's World Cup opener

Yamal and Williams set for World Cup opener

Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams are expected to be fit for Spain's first World Cup match against Cape Verde. Both wingers sat out the final warm-up game against Peru as a precaution, but the medical staff are confident they will be ready. (1) Getting your two most dangerous wide players back in time for the opener is exactly the news you wanted this morning.

The World Cup starts tonight

Mexico face South Africa in the tournament opener at 21:00 CET. The waiting is over. Spain enter the competition as one of the top favourites, despite that Nations League final loss still stinging. (2) (3) Your first game is just days away now.

Fan reactions

With the World Cup finally kicking off, fans are already digging into the history books. One Reddit post points out that only two teams have ever lost to the eventual champions twice in the same tournament: Turkey in 1954 and again in 2002. A reminder that every group-stage result echoes into the knockout rounds. See the full thread