Radio 5 Live,·03 Jul 2026,·39 mins

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World Cup winner and Spain's record goalscorer, David Villa, joins Rick Edwards to reflect on Spain's impressive 2-0 win over Austria and explains why he believes they can go all the way at this World Cup.

The former Spain striker also discusses Mikel Oyarzabal's importance to this team, shares memories of playing alongside Lionel Messi and reveals what it takes to win football's biggest prize.

With Lloyd Griffith away in Las Vegas, Guillem Balague and Dion Dublin join Rick to analyse Spain's latest statement victory and debate the dramatic finish to Portugal's clash with Croatia after a late equaliser was ruled out by VAR.

TIMECODES:
0’00 – Guillem Balague alongside Rick
1’53 – David Villa on Mikel Oyarzabal
4’33 – David Villa on Golden Boot
6’09 – On what it was like to play with Lionel Messi
7’22 – What does he think on this Spain team?
8’50 – A word on England “I believe in them”
9’20 – On the new ball for strikers
17’40 – Dion joins to recap the Spain game & Portugal v Croatia madness