Luxembourg 1 - Spain 7

Luxembourg: Castellini; Marcolino, Kettenmeyer, Scholer, Martino; Bettmer, De Cae, Gerson (Jänisch 41'), Pjanic; Hilbert (Thorm 41'), Jankowoy (Albanese 57'). 4-2-2.
Spain: Sergio; César Ortíz, Rober, Soria, Guillem; Hermosa, Camacho, César Azpilicueta (Vergara 41'); Rubén (Marcos Gullón 53'), Aarón (Bojan 41'), Emilio. 4-3-3.

Goals: 0-1. 06. Aarón; 0-2. 13. Rubén; 0-3. 18. Aarón; 0-4. 48. Bojan; 0-5. 55. Hermosa; 0-6. 69. Bojan; 1-6. 73. Pjanic; 1-7. 76. Bojan.

Spain got off to the best possible start in this European youth championship with a record 1-7 win over hosts Luxembourg. Helped by a shaky keeper, Juan Santiesteban's side were three up within twenty minutes, Valencia's Aarón beating Castellini twice and Rubén Ramos heading in another in between.

Mallorca's Emilio Nsue and Rubén both went close before half time, but Hermosa made it four within a quarter of an hour of the restart. And Barcelona's 15 year old striker Borjan Krkic came on at the break to help himself to a second half hat-trick, with Luxembourg's Pjanic at least giving the home crowd something to cheer about a few minutes from the end. The down side for Spain was an injury to one of their star players Emilio, who will miss the rest of the tournament as a result.