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Highlights: New look Spain side crush Macedonia 5-1 in Euro 2016 qualifier

David Silva celebrates with Jordi Alba after scoring Spain's 4th goal during the UEFA EURO 2016 Group C Qualifier between Spain and FYR of Macedonia 

Spain XI: Casillas; Juanfran, Albiol, Ramos, Alba; Koke, Busquets, Cesc; Silva, Alcácer, Pedro

Subs: De Gea, Azpilicueta, Bartra, San Jose, Raul Garcia, Iturraspe, Santi Cazorla, Isco, El Haddadi

Macedonia XI: Pacovski; Cuculi, Mojsov, Sikov, Ristovski, Alioski; Ibraimi, Abdurahimi, Spirovski, Trajkovski; Jahovic

Subs: Bogatinov, Naumovski, Todorovski, Damchevski, Valkoski, Glisic, Ristevski, Demiri, Hasani, Velkoski, Radeski, Kostovski 

Spain have taken the first step on the road to resurrection with a 5-1 win over Macedonia in a Euro 2016 qualifier- the first competitive fixture since their ouster from the FIFA World Cup.


Spain 1-0 Macedonia: Sergio Ramos (p) (15’)

Sergio Ramos opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a delightful Panenka penalty after David Silva was brought down in the box:


Spain 2-0 Macedonia: Alcacer (17’) 

Alcacer scored his first goal for Spain after a great diagonal ball by Silva was lobbed into the danger area by Juanfran for the Valencia star to volley into an empty net


Spain 2- Macedonia 1: Ibraimi (28’)

Ibraimi gave Macedonia hope when he scored a penalty of his own in the 28th minute


Spain 3-1  Macedonia: Busquets (45+3’)

Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets scored his first goal for Spain as his deflected shot wrongfooted the goalkeeper.


Spain 4-1 Macedonia: David Silva (50’)

Silva played an intricate one-two with Alba to slot home his team’s 4th.


Spain 5-1 Macedonia: Pedro (91’)

Pedro received a Silva pass at the edge of the box to chip it over goalkeeper Pacovski


 

You can check out all the goals in the video below:

 

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