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World Cup qualifiers: Spain 3-0 Italy

Spain players celebrate at the end of the World Cup 2018 qualifier football match between Spain and Italy at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on September 2, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

In the World Cup qualifications, Spain have eased past group G rivals Italy, 3-0, at Santiago Bernabeu. 

The 2 teams entered the match level on 16 points, but the Spaniards have now taken a big step towards securing a spot at the 2018 World Cup.

Isco opened the scoring with a wonderful curling free-kick in the 12th minute, before the Real Madrid midfielder doubled the hosts’ advantage with a long-range effort 5 minutes before the break.

Chelsea's Alvaro Morata then made it 3-nil for Spain in the 77th minute, sending home Sergio Ramos' cross. The Azzurri had not lost a qualifier in a major tournament since the 2006 World Cup qualification.

This is while only the winners of each group qualify directly for Russia, with the 8 best ranked 2nd-placed teams going for the play-offs.


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