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Manchester City winger Ferran Torres scored a hat-tuck as Spain thrashed Germany 6-0 in Sevilla to secure a place in the Nations League finals at the top of Group A2.<\/p>\nManchester City winger Ferran Torres scored a hat-tuck as Spain thrashed Germany 6-0 in Sevilla to secure a place in the Nations League finals at the top of Group A2.<\/p>\n
Alvaro Morata broke the deadlock in the 17th minute with a towering back-post header from a corner \u2013 but then saw another close-range effort ruled out for a debatable offside call.<\/p>\n
Manchester City winger Torres made it 2-0 after 33 minutes when he volleyed the ball in after Dani Olmo\u2019s header hit the crossbar.<\/p>\n
Germany, who had only needed a draw to win the group, fell further behind just five minutes later when City midfielder Rodri nodded in from a corner.<\/p>\n
Spain captain Sergio Ramos \u2013 who saw two penalties against Switzerland saved \u2013 was forced off just before half-time with what appeared to be a hamstring problem.<\/p>\n
It was 4-0 after 54 minutes when Spain left-back Jose Gaya made the most of some uncharacteristic wayward German defending to set up another for Torres.<\/p>\n
The City winger completed his hat-trick with 18 minutes left when he curled a first-time shot past Manuel Neuer.<\/p>\n
Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal knocked in a late sixth to complete a memorable victory for La Roja.<\/p>\n
Relegation in the group is still to be decided after Switzerland\u2019s clash with Ukraine in Lucerne has was called off following more positive Covid-19 tests in the visitors\u2019 camp.<\/p>\n
France had already made sure of their place in the last-four tournament, and finished off their A3 campaign with a 4-2 win over Sweden, who are relegated to League B.<\/p>\n
Sweden had taken an early lead at Stade de France through a deflected shot from Viktor Claesson after just four minutes.<\/p>\n
Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud soon equalized, before right-back Benjamin Pavard made it 2-1 in the 36th minute after Marcus Thuram\u2019s shot was blocked.<\/p>\n
Substitute Kylian Mbappe teed up Giroud to head home his second just before the hour.<\/p>\n
Robin Quaison struck a late consolation for the Swedes, but Kingsley Coman had only been on for a few minutes when he scored a fourth for Les Bleus in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
Portugal, the inaugural Nations League winners, scored a late winner from Manchester City defender Ruben Dias to sign off with a 3-2 win over Croatia, who finished with 10 men in Split.<\/p>\n
Mateo Kovacic put the home side ahead when he tucked in a rebound after 29 minutes, but Croatia \u2013 who themselves could have been relegated if results went against them \u2013 had Marko Rog sent off for a second caution soon after the restart.<\/p>\n
Manchester City defender Dias equalized in the 52nd minute with his first international goal, with Joao Felix adding a second for Portugal on the hour.<\/p>\n
Kovacic hauled the World Cup runners-up level five minutes later, but Dias sealed victory for Portugal when he capitalized on a fumble from the Croatia goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Montenegro secured promotion as winners of group C1 after a 4-0 victory over Cyprus, who are relegated, while Luxembourg and Azerbaijan played out a goalless draw.<\/p>\n
Gibraltar are promoted from D2 after a 1-1 draw at home against Liechtenstein, while the Faroe Islands are also set to move up to League C after a 1-1 draw away at Malta put them top in D1.<\/p>\n
Latvia won 5-0 at Andorra, who finished with 10 men and sit bottom of D1.<\/p>\n