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Spain 4 Luxembourg 0: Cazorla and Alcacer seal Euro 2016 qualification

Doubles from Santi Cazorla and Paco Alcacer secured Spain's place at Euro 2016 in a 4-0 win over Luxembourg in Logrono.

The victory came at a cost for Vicente del Bosque's side, with David Silva and Alvaro Morata both coming off with first-half injuries.

Cazorla had hit the crossbar but made no mistake shortly before half-time when he smashed home after Pedro's shot had been parried.

Morata twisted into the penalty area early on and shot straight at Jonathan Joubert, before Spain suffered their first injury blow.

Spain almost shrugged off the loss of the Manchester City star with an immediate goal, but Jordi Alba somehow struck over from close range following Cazorla's shot.

Cazorla looked to have broken the deadlock with a left-footed strike from the edge of the area, but the crossbar came to Luxembourg's rescue after the Arsenal man had been set up by Morata.

But what looked like being a frustrating first half for the European champions ended positively with the opener on 42 minutes. 

Aurelien Joachim almost had Iker Casillas worried with a cheeky long-range effort which was not too far away early in the second half,  but Spain went two up when a magical throughball from Fabregas on 67 minutes cut open the away defence and substitute Alcacer converted with a cool one-on-one finish.