Albania 0 Spain 1: Rotation rewarded, Torres hits 20 and outsiders’ dream ended

Spain’s Ferran Torres, centre, scores the opening goal during an international friendly soccer match between Spain and Albania at the RCDE Stadium in Barcelona
“Spain underlined their credentials as a team with the quality and depth to go a long way at the European Championship, as they beat Albania despite making 10 changes. This was only the third time in the tournament’s history a manager had altered the starting XI so significantly (and the first for 16 years) but Spain’s understudies were dominant for the most part in Dusseldorf. Ferran Torres’ 20th international goal gave Luis de la Fuente’s side a first-half lead and though they did not add to their advantage and did lose a degree of control in the second half, they rarely looked in any real danger of being denied victory. …”
NY Times/The Athletic
Guardian: Ferran Torres’ first-half strike earns rotated Spain victory against Albania