Luxembourg 0-4 Spain: Costa finally scores for Spain

Thegoalmac can reveal that Diego Costa finally opened his goalscoring account for Spain as they ran out comfortable 4-0 winners over Luxembourg on Sunday night.

The striker, who had not scored for his adopted homeland since defecting from Brazil in February, netted Spain's third goal in a routine victory.

 Having lost 2-1 to Slovakia on Thursday, coach Vicente Del Bosque named the youngest side of his six-year tenure, including goalkeeper David de Gea in place of out-of-form captain Iker Casillas.

But it was one of the older heads that opened the scoring as David Silva put them ahead after 27 minutes at the Stade Josy Barthel.

Paco Alcacer then doubled the lead shortly before half-time with his third goal in as many competitive Spain games, before Costa ended his international drought with a scrappy effort.

Juan Bernat capped his debut with a late strike to add gloss to the scoreline for the much-changed European Championship holders.

The win puts Spain in second in Group C behind leaders Slovakia, who have won three from three so far.
Spain unsurprisingly dominated the ball from the off, though Costa was worryingly unable to convert a host of chances that fell his way.

The Chelsea man fired wide in the 18th minute as the visitors toiled in breaking down the five-man Luxembourg defence, though they finally managed it with a moment of individual brilliance.