Fara Williams
Former England midfielder on BBC Two

On Spanish players dispute with their federation: "When something like this happens and you want to make a stand, I think it's important that you stand together. When players go off and do their own thing and players come back into the squad, some players don't sign things, and stick by each other, this is what happens.

"It's not what we want, it's not what we want to be talking about during the World Cup, we want the best players to be on show. Spain with all the talent they have within their squad, to think that Spain have not won a knockout game with the amount of talent they have is crazy.

"I would have liked to see the best pool of players in the Spanish squad because I actually think they can go and win the World Cup if they had that."

The players are coming out onto the pitch, so here's a reminder of the line ups as kick off approaches.

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Costa Rica held Spain in their opening game at the 2015 World Cup but I can't see them getting anything out of them this time.

Spain's target is to top this group so they will want to put down an early marker. I can see them doing that by scoring a few goals.

Brown-Finnis's prediction: 4-0

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England get their Women's World Cup campaign under way tomorrow when they face Haiti at 10:30 BST.

Lionesses' boss Sarina Wiegman has just finished speaking in a news conference ahead of the game, and you can read what she had to say here.

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The Wellington Regional Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, is the venue for today's/tonight's game.

The players are just completing their warm ups as the stands start to fill up.

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Amelia Valverde, Costa Rica coach: “We’ve got belief and we’ve got months of planning behind us, not to mention a group of committed players.

"We’re coming up against three very tough and different opponents, but we’re very excited and determined to compete in all three games.”

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Costa Rica are making only their second-ever appearance at a Women's World Cup, having played at the 2015 edition.

There they were eliminated in the group stage, having started that tournament with a 1-1 draw with today's opponents Spain.

Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno is Costa Rica's greatest-ever goal scorer with 55 goals, with one of those coming in that game against the Spanish eight years ago. She will be determined to repeat that feat today.

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Spain boss Jorge Vilda: “We want to go as far as we can and make history. We’re ambitious.

"I know there’s a lot of expectation around us but that’s a privilege because it reflects what the players and the team have achieved. We’re going to fight to be right up there.

"How we attack depends on how we press; if we press well, we attack well. And at the big tournaments, it’s the teams that defend well that go far. That’s what we’re aiming for."

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Spain are making their third appearance at the Women's World Cup, having failed to progress beyond the group stage in 2015 they reached the last 16 four years later.

Preparations have been far from ideal for this tournament with the dispute between manager and 15 players, but some of those have since returned to the international fold, including Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati and Ona Batlle.

Despite that disrupted build-up off the pitch, they won six successive games going into the World Cup and are among the favourites to lift the trophy for the first time.

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Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas, who has won the Ballon d'Or in both the past two years but missed last year's Euros because of a serious knee injury, is one of the substitutes for Spain.

Forward Jennifer Hermoso is the only one of the starting XI to not currently play for Real Madrid or Barcelona, while ex-Manchester United defender Ona Batlle, who moved to Barca in the summer, starts in defence.

Spain: Rodriguez, Batlle, Paredes, Andres, Carmona, Abelleira, Bonmati, Gonzalez, Hermoso, Paralluelo, Del Castillo.

Subs: Salon, Coli, Hernandez, Codina, Galvez, Guerrero, Putellas, Perez, Zornoza, Caldentey, Navarro, Redondo.

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Costa Rica are looking to gain their first ever win at a World Cup, with captain Katherine Alvarado their most experienced player having played 125 times for her country.

Costa Rica: Solera, Coto, Benavides, Del Campo, Elizondo, F Villalobos, Herrera, G Villalobos, Chinchilla, Alvarado, Salas.

Subs: Perez, Tapia, Guillen, Sanchez, Campos, Rodriguez, Valenciano, Granados, Pinell, Scott, Varela, Estrada.

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The second game this morning saw Switzerland open their 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over debutants the Philippines.

Ramona Bachman's penalty late in the first half opened the scoring for the Swiss before Seraina Piubel doubled their lead with a close-range effort in the 64th minute.

After a bright start for the Philippines, Katrina Guillou thought she had scored her nation's first World Cup goal when she found the back of the net after 16 minutes, but it was swiftly ruled out for offside.

The result moves Switzerland to the top of Group A, above co-hosts New Zealand on goal difference.

Read the report here.

As mentioned, Spain versus Costa Rica is live on the BBC, with coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and online via this page starting at 08:15 BST.

Team news has just come out for Spain versus Costa Rica and the big news is that Spanish star Alexia Putellas is on the bench.

The reigning two-time world player of the year hasn't played a full game since injuring her knee last year.

Full team news to follow.

Earlier, Christine Sinclair missed out on becoming the first player to score at six Fifa World Cups as Canada were held to a goalless draw by Nigeria.

Nigeria keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie kept out Sinclair's spot-kick early in the second half as the Olympic champions were frustrated in Melbourne.

Deborah Abiodun was sent off late on for Nigeria, however they earned a point with a battling display.

Canada and Nigeria have one point in Group B, behind co-hosts Australia.

Read the full report here.

Hello! Welcome along to our coverage of day two at the Women's World Cup.

For those of you following in Europe the day is just beginning but in Australia and New Zealand we're approaching our third game of the day as Spain take on Costa Rica.

The two sides meet in their Group C opener at 08:30 BST, with the match live on the BBC.

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Preparations for the Fifa Women's World Cup were a bit tumultuous for Spain.

A drawn-out dispute between manager Jorge Vilda and 15 members of the national team saw those players make themselves unavailable for selection.

But Spain are now looking to put that behind them and - led by Ballon d'Or holder Alexia Putellas - they are determined to go further than ever before at this summer's tournament.