Spain scraped past Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 in Sunday's friendly in Gran Canaria, substitute Brais Mendez with the decisive goal.
2018 Friendlies
1-0
Match Events
16' CHANCE! Asensio's shot wide out
A teasing cross is nodded away only as far as Asensio, who hammers at goal. His shot is deflected behind.
40' CHANCE! Isco's shot saved
This is comfortable in the end for Sehic, but Isco might well do better as he cuts inside and drags a tame effort too close to the goalkeeper.
43' CLOSE! Asensio's header wide out
Asensio should do better! He's unmarked as he climbs to meet a left-wing cross, but a feeble header drops wide.
58' INCREDIBLE! What an unbelievable miss from Morata
Incredible! He's had a poor evening and yet has to score from inside the six-yard box. He runs onto a rebound from Asensio's low drive and somehow bundles the ball wide.
78'GOAL! Spain 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina (Mendez)
Finally they have the breakthrough! And it's Mendez, the debutant! 1-0 to Spain! Isco goes for goal and, although Sehic saves the initial effort, the ball falls kindly for Mendez to sweep into the net.
Match Report
Debutant Brais Mendez got Spain back to winning ways with a late strike in an unconvincing 1-0 friendly victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Gran Canaria.
Celta Vigo midfielder Mendez came off the bench in the second half and needed just 19 minutes to find the back of the net on Sunday, his strike coming after Ibrahim Sehic could only parry Isco's low drive.
Spain's margin of victory should have been wider but Alvaro Morata's toils for La Roja continued as he skewed wide prior to Mendez's winning goal.
Line-ups
Spain XI: Isco, Morata, Kepa, Suso, J.Castro , Gayá, D.Llorente, Hermoso, Marco Asensio, Ceballos, R.Hernández
Subs: Azpilicueta, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Iago Aspas, David de Gea, S.Roberto, Rodrigo, I.Martínez, Saúl, Pau López, B.Méndez, P.Fornals
Bosnia-Herzegovina XI: Dzeko, Zukanovic, I. Šehić, Bicakcic, E. Višća, Gojko Cimirot, Besic, Bojan Nastic, E. Sarić, R. Krunić, A. Gojak
Subs: T. Šunjić, Prcic, V. Kjosevski, H. Duljević, Kodro, Deni Milosevic, K. Pirić, E. Ćivić, Bajic, E. Demirović