2018 World Cup Qualifier
Result: Spain 4-0 Macedonia
Date: 12 November 2016
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
Spain maintained their unbeaten start to the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, after recording a 4-0 win over Macedonia on Saturday evening.
Daniel Carvajal, Nacho, Marc Bartra and Alvaro Morata were all drafted into the starting line-up, following the extensive list of injuries.
It was the visitors who had the better chances in the opening exchanges, with Goran Pandev going agonisingly close with a header after 19 minutes.
La Roja eventually broke the deadlock after 34 minutes when Macedonia's Darko Velkoski headed Dani Carvajal's cross into his own net.
Despite Spain's dominance the score remained 1-0 as the sides entered the halftime break.
However, the hosts eventually doubled their lead after 63 minutes as Vitolo was on hand to header home David Silva's deflected cross.
De Gea came to Spain's rescue in the 70th minute, as the Manchester United goalkeeper produced a fine save to keep out Bardhi's stinging effort from distance.
Spain grabbed their third goal in the 84th minute courtesy of a fine first-time finish from Nacho Monreal, who got on the end of Carvajal's cross.
Aritz Aduriz rounded off the scoring just a minute later, as the striker latched onto a pass from Silva before calmly slotting home, 4-0.
