Fernando Llorente scored twice and David Silva once to give Spain a 3-1 home victory over Lithuania in 2012 European Championship qualifier.
Spain struggled to break down the visitors defense until Llorente scored his fifth international goal in the 47th minute with a header from a perfectly placed cross from Sergio Ramos.
Lithuania midfielder Darvydas Šernas equalised in the 54th minute but Llorente added his second just two minutes later when he headed in a cross from Santi Cazorla.
Silva sealed the win on 79 minutes when he jumped high to head in a Ramos cross to score his 10th international goal.
Lineups:
Spain: Iker Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Joan Capdevila; Santi Cazorla, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, David Silva (Álvaro Arbeloa, 83); David Villa (Pablo Hernández, 76), Fernando Llorente (Aritz Aduriz, 77)
Lithuania: Žydrūnas Karčemarskas; Tadas Kijanskas, Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla; Edgaras Česnauskis (Robertas Poškus, 84), Deividas Šemberas, Ramūnas Radavičius, Saulius Mikoliūnas (Deividas Česnauskis, 59), Darvydas Šernas, Mindaugas Panka; Tomas Danilevičius (Kęstutis Ivaškevičius, 82)
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Spain struggled to break down the visitors defense until Llorente scored his fifth international goal in the 47th minute with a header from a perfectly placed cross from Sergio Ramos.
Lithuania midfielder Darvydas Šernas equalised in the 54th minute but Llorente added his second just two minutes later when he headed in a cross from Santi Cazorla.
Silva sealed the win on 79 minutes when he jumped high to head in a Ramos cross to score his 10th international goal.
Lineups:
Spain: Iker Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Joan Capdevila; Santi Cazorla, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, David Silva (Álvaro Arbeloa, 83); David Villa (Pablo Hernández, 76), Fernando Llorente (Aritz Aduriz, 77)
Lithuania: Žydrūnas Karčemarskas; Tadas Kijanskas, Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla; Edgaras Česnauskis (Robertas Poškus, 84), Deividas Šemberas, Ramūnas Radavičius, Saulius Mikoliūnas (Deividas Česnauskis, 59), Darvydas Šernas, Mindaugas Panka; Tomas Danilevičius (Kęstutis Ivaškevičius, 82)
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