Pre-World Cup Friendlies: Spain crush Argentina as Russia lose again
Argentina
were condemned to one of their biggest defeats in recent times as they were
crushed 6-1 in their friendly game against Spain in Madrid on Tuesday…Isco
struck his first international hat-trick as Spain extended their unbeaten run
to 18 matches under coach Julen Lopetegui…Spain had settled for a 1-1 draw
against Germany in their last outing but Argentina – without Lionel Messi due
to injury – fared far worse than the reigning world champions.
Diego Costa put
Spain in front before Isco doubled the lead minutes afterward. Although Nicolas
Otamendi headed one back for Argentina before the break, it was nothing but a
mere consolation.
Isco added two
more goals in the second half while Thiago Alcantara and substitute Iago Aspas
added a goal each to ensure the comprehensive beating of Argentina who were
without their talisman, Lionel Messi.
Elsewhere,
World Cup host Russia were beaten 3-1 by France. It is back to back defeat for
them having also lost last time out to Brazil.
In other games,
Italy held England to a 1-1 draw…There were mixed results for World-Cup bound
African teams as Tunisia and Morocco secured wins over Costa Rica and
Uzbekistan respectively…Egypt were however beaten 1-0 by Greece while Senegal
played an uninspiring barren draw against Bosnia Herzegovina.





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