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Diego Costa: 'No fitness issues ahead of game with Netherlands'

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Diego Costa insists that there are "no problems" with his fitness ahead of the World Cup.

Diego Costa has declared that he is fully fit ahead of Spain's opening World Cup match against the Netherlands on Friday.

The Atletico Madrid striker has been battling a hamstring problem recently, but he believes that he is ready to take a full part in the Group B clash after playing for the majority of a 2-0 victory over El Salvador on Saturday.

"I needed the match with El Salvador," Costa told reporters in Brazil. "Now I am fine and I will have no problems for the first match."

Spain will also face Chile and Australia in Group B.

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Group A

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Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
3 Ecuador flag Ecuador31114
4 Qatar Qatar30030

Group B

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Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
4 Wales flag Wales30121

Group C

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Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

Group E

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Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

Group G

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Q Brazil Brazil32016
Q Switzerland Switzerland32016
3 Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Serbia Serbia30121

Group H

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Republic of Korea South Korea31114
3 Uruguay flag Uruguay31114
4 Ghana flag Ghana31023
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