MATCH REPORT | Spain pass test with flying colours in Badajoz (5-0)

The happiness on the faces of the fans as they left the Nuevo Vivero stadium to the rhythm of 'Mi gran noche' is the picture of hope for a European Championships just around the corner.

Spain's penultimate match on home soil against a combative and well-organised Andorra in Badajoz was an encounter full of positives for the home side.

With the fans cheering from the opening whistle, Luis de la Fuente fielded a team full of new faces, making six changes and exploring plenty of alternatives in the squad.

Mikel Oyarzabal scored his first international hat-trick as Spain continued their unbeaten run in matches in Badajoz, with four wins in four games, scoring 21 goals and conceding none.

The debut of Tenerife's Ayoze Pérez provided the impetus needed to open up a gap in the Pyrenean wall that remained insurmountable until midway through the first half, when the Betis striker latched onto Cubarsí's through ball to open the scoring for the Reds.

The hosts went into the break with that slender lead of one goal to nil after a Morata goal was disallowed for offside. However, they came out after the break having made changes, and with them came the appearance of more openings that Spain’s attacking talent was able to capitalise on.

Among the players in on the goalmouth action was Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored his first hat-trick for Spain before a European Championships that he is looking forward to after missing the last World Cup through injury.

And among the debutants, Huelva's Fermín López, whose direct play, elusiveness on the ball and ability to offer something different, shattered Andorra's resistance.

It was goals scored by Oyarzabal and Ferran Torres from two Fermín assists that brought an end to the scoring. Then it was the moment for Raphael’s famous song 'Mi gran noche' to boom around the stadium in celebration and singalong smiles. As the song asks, what will happen? What mystery will there be? Is the best yet to come?