While the majority of the world's great national teams were doubting, pouting or 'what-abouting?' over the last few days of the September international break, Spain got on with routing Turkey in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Sunday. It was a recital of football which underlined that, on their day, the European champions remain the most exciting, devastating and irresistible team in the world.

If you didn't see their 6-0 thrashing of Vincenzo Montella's team which featured Real Madrid 's Arda Güler , Inter Milan 's Hakan Çalhanoglu and Fenerbahce 's Kerem Aktürkoglu then, please believe me, it was not just a big score against a team which hasn't shipped six at home for 41 years -- it was sublime, choral football.

Turkey goalkeeper Ugurcan Çakır was by far their be

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