The Spanish national team showed that their tactics were implemented too early.
In the first European Championship qualifying match, Vicente Del Bosque's team defeated Macedonia 5-1 at home and became leaders in Group C.
Five different players scored goals for the winners.
In other group matches, Luxembourg tied 1-1 with Belarus at home, while Ukraine lost 0-1 to Slovakia.
In Group G, Russia crushed Liechtenstein 4-0, Austria and Sweden shared a point, and Montenegro forced Moldova to surrender 2-0.
Results:
Spain 5 - 1 Macedonia
15' Sergio Ramos 1 - 0 (from 11 m.)
17' Francisco Alcacer 2 - 0
28' Agim Ibraimi 2 - 1 (from 11 m.)
45' Sergio Busquets 3 - 1
50' David Silva 4 - 1
90' Pedro Rodriguez 5 - 1
Luxembourg 1-1 Belarus
42' Lars Cristian Krogh Gerson 1 - 0
78' Stanislav Dragun 1 - 1
Ukraine 0 - 1 Slovakia
18' Robert Mak 0 - 1
Russia 4 - 0 Liechtenstein
4' Martin Buechel 1 - 0 (own goal)
50' Franz Burgmeier 2 - 0 (own goal)
54' Dmitri Kombarov 3 - 0 (from 11 m.)
65' Artem Dzyuba 4 - 0
Austria 1 - 1 Sweden
7' David Alaba 1 - 0 (from 11 m.)
12' Erkan Zengin 1 - 1
Montenegro 2 - 0 Moldova
45' Mirko Vucinic 1 - 0
73' Zarko Tomasevic 2 - 0
