A dominant Spain picked up where they left off as they dished out another battering to Cyprus.
2024 EURO qualification
6-0
Luis de la Fuente’s side, who beat Georgia 7-1 on Friday night, made it two wins from two for the international break as they netted four times after half-time in a 6-0 victory.
La Roja set up camp in their opponent’s half from the first whistle, and finally took a deserved lead when Gavi converted from Nico Williams’ cross.
From then on, it was a case of how many the hosts would win by, adding a second when Mikel Merino headed home after a sustained period of pressure.
Cyprus were somewhat more resolute after the break, with a handful of substitutes shoring up their defence, but they were eventually broken down by substitute Joselu, who nodded home Carvajal’s cross, before Ferran Torres made it 4-0 three minutes later.
Debutant Alex Baena then rounded off the scoring just a minute after coming off the bench before Torres added his second, and Spain’s sixth, as the hosts closed the gap on Group A leaders Scotland to just six points with a game in hand.
Match Events
18' GOAL! Spain 1-0 Cyprus (Gavi)
27' Morata's header wide out
29' Williams' shot stopped
33' GOAL! Spain 2-0 Cyprus (Merino)
39' OFFSIDE! Morata’s goal disallowed
62' Joselu's shot wide out
70' GOAL! Spain 3-0 Cyprus (Joselu)
73' GOAL! Spain 4-0 Cyprus (Ferran Torres)
77' GOAL! Spain 5-0 Cyprus (Álex Baena)
83' GOAL! Spain 6-0 Cyprus (Ferran Torres)
Line-ups
Spain XI: Morata, Carvajal, Laporte, Gaya, Robin Le Normand, Merino, Unai Simón, Rodri, Nico Williams, Gavi, Lamine Yamal
Subs: Azpilicueta, Joselu, Kepa, David Raya, Fabian Ruiz, Ferran Torres, P. Torres, Abel Ruiz, Martín Zubimendi, Álex Baena, Yeremy, Álex Baldé
Cyprus XI: Joël Mall, Anderson Correia, Konstantinos Laifis, Pieros Sotiriou, Charalampos Kyriakou, Andreas Karo, Alex Gogic, Grigoris Kastanos, Ioannis Kousoulos, Charalampos Charalampous, Stelios Andreou
Subs: Marios Antoniadis, Dimitrios Christofi, Konstantinos Panagi, Andreas Panagiotou Filiotis, Marios Ilia, Ioannis Pittas, Dimitris Dimitriou, Michalis Ioannou, Kostas Pileas, Marinos Tzionis, Andronikos Kakoullis, Loizos Loizou