After a highly criticised World Cup debut, Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal returned to Atlanta Stadium with a vengeance yesterday.

Oyarzabal, last Monday, became the first player since 1966 to fail to record a touch in the first 30 minutes of a World Cup match.

Nearly a week later, the 5-foot-11 forward found a new home in the record books with a two-goal, one-assist performance in Spain’s 4-0 rout of Saudi Arabia, as just the second player in World Cup history to score or assist three goals in the opening 25 minutes of a match. He’s the first to achieve the feat since Hungary’s László Fazekas in 1982.